If you've been living in the silicon valley you'd be well aware that most Indian stores have run out of the tamil ponni and sona masoori rice varieties which are widely used by most Indians. With the elections approaching soon in India, the government has no plans to lift the ban on rice export. Last month my husband and I had to make trips to 4 different stores before we could get a 20lbs bag of Sona Masoori for $35, in the end we got the last bag that was remaining at one of the stores.
A week back when I went to the store I didn't find any non-basmati rice at all, I was even okay with buying parboiloed rice but even those seem to have gone. I did ask the store owner if they do have sona masoori and she said that she had but rice is no longer kept in any of regular isles anymore :(. I got lucky this second time also as I could still buy rice for the same $35 and not having to eat the long grain rice.
Even some people have switched to eating long grain rice due to the increasing rice shortage I always wonder how it would taste with the traditional south indian dishes. I'm not sure if I should transition and start eating long grain rice instead of hunting for a rice bag everytime. or should I make the transition only when there's no sona masoori available?
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Long grain rice is good for our dishes. WE have started buying long grain rice bags from costco for the past 3 months. Since v r not coming to sunnyvale for groceries, rice price here in San Jose Indian store is 40 to 45$ which I am not comfortable in paying. Long grain rice is good. oNly thing is u should not wash the rice before u cook.
Thanks for the input here, I'll ttry the long grain rice next time around.
Get long grain from costco or sams and store it for 2 months in dry and dark area. then use it. You would not find any significant diff. BTW the availability of sona masoori and ponni type is very recent in USA. we used to live mostly on Long grain and Jansmine rices only .
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