Rice

Today I am grateful for and acknowledge the significance of this incredible food "Rice". It is discovered and found in every region across the globe. Rice is popular regardless of age, culture and socioeconomic status. Rice has its own value and utility. I appreciate and recognize its importance for a variety of reasons, for instance:

• Rice is the most popular/common and most eaten food around the world. Rice is nutritious and full of carbohydrates

• There is a variety of rice available around the globe, for instance, black rice, brown rice, basmati, sella, broken rice, parboiled rice, polished rice, new and aged rice. Every rice is distinct in flavour, aroma, taste and way of cooking 

• Rice goes very well with all varieties of pulses, vegetables, curries and as a side dish

• A variety of pulao is prepared with rice including mutter pulao, yakhni pulao, beef, mutton, chicken, prawn, Kabuli and vegetable pulao. Raita goes very well with all kinds of pulao

• Plain rice is cooked as garlic rice, butter rice, bhagare rice, boil rice and zeera rice

• Every rice has a varied cooking time, some may be soaked in the water for 2 hours before cooking, for instance, sella rice

• Rice has the quality to create harmony, compatibility and balance with all kinds of other cuisines or meals

• The most eaten and popular is the biryani, for instance, Hyderabadi biryani, Bombay biryani, Sindhi biryani, tikka biryani, spicy biryani and Mughlai biryani

• Plain rice harmonizes very well with lentils, shashlik, fish curry, Manchurian, kebab platter, aloo gosht, with pickle/chutney/raita and any kind of gravy

• Rice is the main dish for a few communities and cultures, for instance, in Hyderabadi and Bengali. These communities have daily rice with the main course

• There are a variety of sweet dishes prepared with the rice, for instance, kheer, firni, zarda, bhat, mutanjan and meethe chawal

• Rice is such a blessing, comfort and most enjoyable food. This is my journey with the rice, what is yours? is the question of the day

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask or comment below