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Land preparation
120-130 Days
Draining Ploughing
Resting Casting
Rice Production – Key Facts (India)
Total Rice Area - 44 million hectare
Total Rice Production – 103 million ton
Basmati Production Area - 2 million hectare
Basmati Rice Production - 4 million ton
Haryana tops the production of Basmati Rice of the total
Basmati area:-
Haryana Contribution = 50 %
UP Contribution = 3-4 %
Punjab Contribution = 5-6 %
Rice Categorization – Based on Variety
A) Basmati
B) Non – Basmati
1) Sugandha 2) Sarbati
3) Parmal 4) Pepsi etc
More About Basmati Rice
Word “Basmati” is derived from two Sanskrit words:
“Vas”= Aroma
“Mayup” = Ingrained or present from the beginning
• Tibar – ¾ of grain
• Dubar – ½ of grain
• Mini Dubar – Av. size – 5mm
• Mongra – Av. size – 4mm
• Mini Mongra – Av. size – 3mm
• Mini Mongra II – Av. size – 2mm
Rice Categorization – Based on Process
Raw Rice – Rice obtained after de-husking & milling and is aged by natural process
Steam Rice – Produced by a process of pressure steaming and drying of paddy prior to
milling
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Rice Steaming Process
1. Also called “Artificial Aging” of grains
Exposure to Steam
Drying
Moisture (12-13%)
Milling Process
By Products
Rice Bran
Moisture (12-13%)
Shape & Size Long Slender Boat Extra Long Slender Long Slender,
Shaped
Tapering / Gradual Tapering at Gradual Tapering Straight
Curve Both ends; Curve At Both ends; Curve
typical Not typical
Transparency Translucent Translucent Less translucent
Physical: • Appearance
• Stickiness
• Foreign Matter
• Tenderness on Touch
• Field Admixture (Fluffiness)
• Broken / Fragments • Taste
• Damage/Discolored
• Elongation
• Chalky Grains
• Aroma
• Average Length
• Whiteness
• Moisture
17
Quality Defects
Chalky Immature
Cooking Parameters
Appearance
White
Creamish
Off-white
Stickiness
Fluffiness Soft on Touch & Soft on Touch & Slightly Hard on Hard on Touch &
Chewing; Water Chewing; Water Touch & Chewing; Water
absorption good absorption poor Chewing; Water absorption good
absorption good