Best dried basmati rice according to redditors

If I were ever going to do this, here is what I'd do to avoid the over cooked rice problem.

I'd add all the ingredients including the liquids to the slow cooker early in the day and let that all stew for x-hours.
I'd ladle out as much of the cooking liquid as possible and use that +water to cook my rice separately. I would use either bomba or arborio rice, and definitely would recommend avoiding any variety of long grain rice.

I would add the cooked rice to the slow cooker and mix it well and then I'd turn the heat setting up to high and remove the lid for at least an hour.

This would allow for any excess liquids to be easily absorbed by the rice and/or evaporate. This would also concentrate the flavors (so go easy on the salt until the dish is finished cooking) and would help to avoid over cooking the rice while still allowing the rice to develop a nice crust at the bottom of the slow cooker.

Really you'd just be leveraging the slow cooker to make the incredible broth.

I just did quick Google search and found a place called Rice N' Spice about 25 mins away from Kannapolis...I can almost guarantee they'll have a decent brand basmati rice given the pictures of what they offer on the Google search. But if that doesn't work out, you can spend a little extra and get this brand off Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daawat-Ultima-Extra-Basmati-2-Years/dp/B072L475FM/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=basmati+rice&qid=1573584072&sr=8-8

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It's a 10 lb bag, so certainly a lot of rice...but keeps quite long and you can use basmati in a number of other dishes, and it can actually be a fun gift for any of your friends or family who like to cook :)

This isn't what you are asking for but Basmati rice has the lowest glycemic index in the range of 50-55. Normal white rice is over 70 and sometimes even over 80. which isn't healthy for long-term consumption.

You can pick up a 20 pound bag off Amazon Prime selection for $16.98

Probably not a good choice for OP with so little money but I definitely recommend this over getting cheap white rice.

Seems like a lot of the comments here are missing that not all rice is the same.

East Asian cuisine, when just making plain steamed rice, yeah, it's not normally salted, and I'd be weary of a recipe/instruction that says to do otherwise.

South/Central Asian or Middle Eastern cuisine, while I'm not from thereabouts, it's not uncommon to see recipes from there mention adding salt, for dishes like pilafs or whatever regional variant you're looking at. Even the instructions on the bag for many (most? all?) for plain basmati rice say to add salt.

Rice in a burrito can often have salt in there.

etc.

More like trying to spam your referral code.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LRH6DQ/

I use this rice (below) and I use Shan mixes. The directions on the Shan mix makes rice in the style you desire. Essentially you cook it like pasta. Restaurant quality biryani every time!

Shan’s recipe:
http://www.shanfoods.com/product/recipe-mixes/rice/biryani/

The Shan mix itself:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VIBBGE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_dXyJAbQCFZ8CV

Nice extra long grain biryani:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056JWEX6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_xLyJAbVGJC7K8


This is how most of my Indian coworkers told me how they cook biryani. The Shan spices are always super fresh, I assume it has something to do with the very thick foil packet.

That's where I am with it, too. I loooove Jyoti rice and my local grocery store sells it for about $6/lb. Royal isn't bad either. Do you have a favorite or recommendation?

This is what I use.

here you go.

http://www.amazon.com/Basmati-Rice-Royal-20lb/dp/B000LRH6DQ/ref=pd_sbs_gro_njs_title_1

Only rice I've ever washed was this stuff which was the most beautiful rice I've ever cooked. Sadly it was also the least flavorful or aromatic rice I've ever cooked.

Usually, just buy generic brown long grain and cook without a wash or soak. Recently bought some brown basmati I'm looking forward to trying. Intend to soak but not wash it.

This is a bit of a myth IMHO. Fast food is incredibly expensive compared to like, bags of rice and beans you can buy. Bananas are literally 10 cents each at my local Trader Joe's. Carrots are $1/lb.

This bag of rice is like twenty bucks and could feed a family of 4 for a week.

As said before, I only have one item in my wish-list, https://www.amazon.com/Royal-Basmati-Rice-Bag-15/dp/B00I330QEQ

Thank you!

Edit: Tried but couldn't ad the delivery address. Please PM me if possible.

Not sure why you find it hard to believe, but here's a link.

It's a long grain, fragrant rice variety. It's rather spendy and the nicer stuff doesn't take as long to wash.

I don't have a rice cooker, but I have a pressure cooker. Still, I've tried it once in there and wasn't impressed. I prefer the old-fashioned stove top way. Sure, you have to time it, but it's great and works really well for me.

My tried and true recipe is straight out of Sushi for Dummies. I use short grain rice (I've only ever used Lundberg Sushi Rice, but any one will do), and rinse it until I am sick of rinsing. This recipe calls for a "splash of saki" and something pickled(?) to add flavor. Since I had neither of those, my tip is to take a bit of condensed stock/base (my favorite is Better Than Bouillion), and mix it up in the water. Which flavor you choose is up to you, but I prefer the vegetable base. I have a lobster base that I've been eager to try, but even with the veggie base, it always comes out delicious enough to eat on it's own, but not overpowering or outshining anything I make with it.

Shit, you're right. It's closer to 25%.

Yes. Plenty of evidence. Go to a grocery store. There you will find the evidence you so desperately seek. Sorry I don't have time to conduct a study on the abuses of SNAP. I guess I could quit my job and start conducting research, but I'd need you to pick up the tab for my grocery bill, sound like a plan?

Do I really need to link you the cost of rice and beans? :(

Rice $14.79
http://www.amazon.com/Bombay-Basmati-Brown-Rice-10-pounds/dp/B004H4LPCM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1375362740&sr=8-2&keywords=bulk+rice

Beans $29.90
http://www.amazon.com/Pinto-Beans-Bag-Box-Each/dp/B000RHSY9K/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1375362793&sr=8-4&keywords=bulk+beans

Why should you believe what I say? Because your math skills should tell you that $44.69 is LESS than $300-400.