Usual price £7.99. who are looking for stock in my local tesco in aberdeen need not bother as I cleared the stock off the shleves yesterday. Very good aromatic rice close to tilda. Bearing in mind you are paying twice as much for it.
Being an Indian who eats rice and curry every day basmati forms big part of my diet. I usually buy 20 kg bags from Costco as they work out close to 90 p per kg. I almost fainted at 80 p per kg.
Has 2 year expiry date. So that's me sorted for couple of years.
East End Pure Basmati Rice is grown on the Indus River Plains of Punjab, the most fertile plains, which yield some of the world's finest agricultural produce.
All comments (22)
pinkpanther123
24 Oct 151#1
These rice are really good. I buy them from Aldi for £5.49 10kg
pinkpanther123
24 Oct 151#2
Sorry 5kg
summe
24 Oct 15#3
Yes, i tried them before and these are very good rice, i bought 20 kg yesterday
naz12345678910
24 Oct 15#4
I agree the rice is nice ( nothing compares to my favourite white pearl basmati rice ) I got it last week and paid £2.50 a bag (5kg). Bargain rice at that price
steevieboy4u to naz12345678910
25 Oct 15#7
So where do you get white pearl basmati at £2.50 for 5kg then? :man:
poshaffi
24 Oct 15#5
i got this for £4.50 from tesco a few weeks ago & its good but at £4 a bag i need to buy a few :smile:
oneladyowner
25 Oct 15#6
That's nice price rice...
mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#8
I've now given up on cooking basmati rice. We've got the tilda blue basmati and no matter what I do it clumps together..
Any tips?
We now buy the tilda rice for the microwave
Cybirea to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#13
I used to struggle to cook rice well until I found the absorption method;
In a saucepan melt a knob of butter. I do this because it tastes nice and it helps to keep the rice grains separate, you don't have to if you don't want to.
Using volume measurements 1:2 rice to water, (I use a third of a cup per person) measure out the rice and stir through the melted butter.
Turn the heat up and add twice the volume of boiling water.
Adjust heat to a low simmer and leave for ten minutes or until water has dissipated. You can hear the difference when the water has gone. I just run a knife or fork along the sauce pan bottom to check how much water is/is not there if I've got distracted.
Turn off the heat and place a piece of kitchen roll over the top of the saucepan and then place the lid on top.
Leave to steam for ten minutes.
Fork through to fluff, then serve.
It might take a couple of attempts to get it right but once you do it gives great results and is really simple. ^_^
Roymeboy to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#14
Yeah, wash rice in cold water, then I pour 2 and a half times the amount of rice you have in boiled water in with rice. Then simmer for 15 min, done. Or same method, but put in a microwave for 10 min, stir then another 2min, done.
Lyssie to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#16
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Buy a rice cooker :-)
Then use my MIL's proportions for water to basmati - 2 x volume of rice - 1 cup, ie if making 2 cups of rice, water is 2 x 2 = 4 - 1 = 3
paimaams to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#19
I agree with Delia method. Other reason for clumping of rice if it allowed sit in the same sauce pan once cooked as the heat will stay inside and overcook it. We usually move the rice to a different utensil and let it come in contact with air for couple of minutes.
blaser to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#20
Starch is usually the reason behind the stickiness. You need to wash it out, I usually just put the rice in cold water prior to cooking for 10-20mins then remove the water, that gets rid of alot of starch. Cook as normal, should find the stickiness is gone.
googley2 to mercurystar999
25 Oct 15#21
Your over cooking it or not washing the starch out first, Wash rice, put in pan add salt and bit oil. Add water to 1 inch above rice level. Boil till ALMOST soft, drain water and wash rice hot water. Return to cooker with very small clean water at bottom of pan and put lid on. Steam on low fire until rice is fully cooked.
cyclone111
25 Oct 15#9
Always looking for better ways to cook it but I find cold water with cleaned rice just under 2 cups of water one cup rice bring to the boil simmer for 9 mins with lid take off heat leave lid on wait about 5 mins done.
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Being an Indian who eats rice and curry every day basmati forms big part of my diet. I usually buy 20 kg bags from Costco as they work out close to 90 p per kg. I almost fainted at 80 p per kg.
Has 2 year expiry date. So that's me sorted for couple of years.
East End Pure Basmati Rice is grown on the Indus River Plains of Punjab, the most fertile plains, which yield some of the world's finest agricultural produce.
All comments (22)
Any tips?
We now buy the tilda rice for the microwave
In a saucepan melt a knob of butter. I do this because it tastes nice and it helps to keep the rice grains separate, you don't have to if you don't want to.
Using volume measurements 1:2 rice to water, (I use a third of a cup per person) measure out the rice and stir through the melted butter.
Turn the heat up and add twice the volume of boiling water.
Adjust heat to a low simmer and leave for ten minutes or until water has dissipated. You can hear the difference when the water has gone. I just run a knife or fork along the sauce pan bottom to check how much water is/is not there if I've got distracted.
Turn off the heat and place a piece of kitchen roll over the top of the saucepan and then place the lid on top.
Leave to steam for ten minutes.
Fork through to fluff, then serve.
It might take a couple of attempts to get it right but once you do it gives great results and is really simple. ^_^
Buy a rice cooker :-)
Then use my MIL's proportions for water to basmati - 2 x volume of rice - 1 cup, ie if making 2 cups of rice, water is 2 x 2 = 4 - 1 = 3