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No more Sona Masoori Rice from India??Other Rice brands??

Discussion in 'General Discussions - USA & Canada' started by vaishnavilakshmi, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. narmee_r

    narmee_r Senior IL'ite

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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice

    wow...... what a good alternative. let me try it out. i too was looking for the alternative for idly rice. thank you. once after i did tried that i'll post my feedback here.
    i m also sailing in the same boat with tweety. once again thank you chocolate.
     
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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice

    You could alternatively try urad daal with ponni raw rice/long grain rice.But you need more of urad daal to make idli's.

    For instance 1 cup of uraad daal and 2 cups of ponni raw rice.Soak the ponni raw rice/long grain rice in
    hot water for few hrs .soak the uraad daal as usual and grind them seperately as usual.



     
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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice

    Thanks. My sister grinds the idli rava soaked for 15 min with urad dal and I have tried a few times. It makes very soft idlis and ideally go well with sambar.good luck.
     
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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice

    chocolate,

    how much rava do we need to add say for 1 cup urad dal??
     
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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice


    Hi,

    Add 1 tsp methi seeds along with urad dal for good idlis.

    If you are grinding the urad dal in Grinder(wet grinder)the proportion is

    1 cup urad dal : 2.5 cups Idli rawa(soaked)

    If you are using blender or mixie for grinding the urad dal,the proportion is

    1cup urad dal : 2cups of idli rawa.

    Vaishu
     
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    Just checked with coconut hill Indian stores in Fremont area. The lady at the counter mentioned that the exporters are going to take orders for rice from mid-October, so we can expect anywhere between 3 - 4 months from there. Also because of the rice shortage now in some area they declared non-availability for sona masoori and ponni rice. So if you see them anywhere just grab a bag now itself. In sacramento area, I saw there was no ponni or sona masoori in the shelf and the idli rice was sold for $50 for 20lbs. Thats insane.
     
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    If you can't get idli rice, you can use idli rawa or Arborio Rice (or any other Italian rice suitable to make Risotto).
     
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    Re: is there any alternative for idli rice


    Sorry for the late reply .
    Its 1:3 ratio.Meaning for every one cup of Urad dal soak 3 cups of Rava.Try soaking Urad dal in hot water and grind it in soaked water.Good luck.
     
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    i checked in Indian cash and carry..last week..there was no sona masoori..so got jasmine rice..its good...but becomes bit sticky...so adding 1 cup rice and 2 cups water would be fine.
    please dont try calrose rice..it not good. i am just trying ways to empty it since i have paid for it.bonk
     
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    hi friends,


    what is the current rice price in your locality.

    ours it is sona masoori 30.00 $. it is same with the idli rice too.
     

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