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Punjab basmati farm
Indo-Gangetic plain, Punjab, IN
Placeholder farm entry — basmati is a long-grain aromatic rice protected by geographical indication and grown only in seven Indian states and four Pakistani provinces in the Himalayan foothills. Harvested October–November, then aged 1–2 years before milling; aged grains cook longer and separate cleaner.
The rice variety that defines South Asian celebration cooking. Basmati means “fragrant” in Hindi/Urdu, and the perfume — basmati’s characteristic 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline note — is what separates a real basmati from any long-grain imitation. The aging step matters more than most cookbooks admit: new-crop basmati cooks pasty; one-year-aged basmati cooks like a textbook biryani.
Products
- basmati rice
- aged basmati
In season
- basmati · Oct – Nov
Used in · 6
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