"In the banquet following our union," Ranjha tells Heer, "we'll cook and serve the basmati rice from the Himalayan region."—Sufi poet Bulle Shah's famous love epic IT started as a storm in a teacup ...

Nancy Anyango (L) and Hezron Amollo (R) in the rice fields in Ahero, Kisumu County [Nanjinia Wamuswa] After years of struggling with IR 27 rice, farmers are now embracing the cultivation of Basmati ...

to +919815293939 Shariq Majeed/TNN Ludhiana: As per the survey conducted by the scientists of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), incidence of rice plant hoppers has been observed in some farmers’ ...

At first glance, basmati rice likely doesn’t look all that different from other types of rice. One sniff of the grain, however, and you’ll notice a major difference. Basmati rice has a very distinct ...

MUMBAI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Sanwaria Agro Oils , traditionally a rice procurer, plans to foray into basmati processing as its expects better margins from the business, Director Anil Agarwal told ...

The Punjab government's crop diversification plan, aimed at weaning away farmers from the traditional crop pattern of paddy and wheat, is witnessing the emergence of basmati as the first choice to ...

PAKISTAN and India have decided to constitute a working group which will take measures to jointly patent Basmati rice to protect it against any piracy threat. The decision was taken at a commerce ...

As you read this, in the foothills of the Himalayas in India the basmati plants are due to come into bloom: fragile white flowers that resemble lily of the valley. They last a bare five days in ...

One cup of basmati rice contains just over 200 calories. It’s often better to eat than white rice, which is a refined grain. Basmati rice is a type of rice common in Indian and South Asian cuisine.

When you write an article, you never quite know which bit readers will pick up on. Last weekend, I wrote a Rude Food column on basmati rice. I explained how basmati was a distinctive kind of rice, ...

Rain that started on Saturday evening continued on Sunday adding to the woes of farmers. Heavy rain accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorm damaged major crops like basmati, sugarcane, potato and ...