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Hello All!

I sometimes buy carry-out kebabs from a Halal Persian place and it
occurs to me that the rice served with it has grains much longer than
the usual long-grain rice. Can anyone tell me the name of this *very*
long-grain rice? A web search has not been too enlightening so far.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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On Oct 31, 11:45 am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> Hello All!
>
> I sometimes buy carry-out kebabs from a Halal Persian place and it
> occurs to me that the rice served with it has grains much longer than
> the usual long-grain rice. Can anyone tell me the name of this *very*
> long-grain rice? A web search has not been too enlightening so far.
>
The recipes I've seen for Persian rice preparations call for basmati,
which is typically longer than long-grain. Maybe your Persian place
happened to get a crop that was especially long. Usually you soak
basmati prior to cooking, which will also expand it somewhat. -aem

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In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Hello All!
>
> I sometimes buy carry-out kebabs from a Halal Persian place and it
> occurs to me that the rice served with it has grains much longer than
> the usual long-grain rice. Can anyone tell me the name of this *very*
> long-grain rice? A web search has not been too enlightening so far.

Basmati rice, probably.

Miche

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Miche wrote on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:53:41 +1300:

>> Hello All!
>>
>> I sometimes buy carry-out kebabs from a Halal Persian place
>> and it occurs to me that the rice served with it has grains
>> much longer than the usual long-grain rice. Can anyone tell
>> me the name of this *very* long-grain rice? A web search has
>> not been too enlightening so far.

> Basmati rice, probably.

> Miche

Thanks! Thanks to aem too! I think you are right and there is a
difference between the original Bismati rice and the Texmati that I have
been using. Texmati tastes quite good but it does not seem to expand as
much as the original. I suppose that's logical enough since Texmati is a
hybrid.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

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In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> Miche wrote on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:53:41 +1300:
>
> >> Hello All!
> >>
> >> I sometimes buy carry-out kebabs from a Halal Persian place
> >> and it occurs to me that the rice served with it has grains
> >> much longer than the usual long-grain rice. Can anyone tell
> >> me the name of this *very* long-grain rice? A web search has
> >> not been too enlightening so far.
>
> > Basmati rice, probably.
>
> Thanks! Thanks to aem too! I think you are right and there is a
> difference between the original Bismati rice and the Texmati that I have
> been using. Texmati tastes quite good but it does not seem to expand as
> much as the original. I suppose that's logical enough since Texmati is a
> hybrid.

Glad to have been of help. :)

Miche

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