Topic: takeaway tilda basmati v sainsbury's basmati

[ELW]

I'm using Kohinoor Basmati at the moment as i got 18Kg free from a job, which i find as good as Tilda...the Tilda Everyday rice is no good for curries though as it is very soft.
ELW

[gary]

Hi Whandsy, which picture is which please?

Also do you usually wash the Sainsbury's stuff 3 or 4 times until the water is clear too?

Gary

[Whandsy]

Hi gary
The very white white rice is the tilda which gives off the aroma and no i didnt previously wash the sainsburys rice either but thats a good question. I do a lot of cooking (not necessarily indian) and can whole heartedty say the same results would not happen with the sainsburys and many other suppliers of rice as well. The grain looks very diiferent straight from the packet.
Give it a go and good luck

[chewytikka]

Hi Whandsy
Tilda is very good, but far too much marketing hype and price.
I also think Tilda Pure Basmati is a bit fragile, with too many broken
and different size grains, straight out of the packet.
But I agree, any supermarket own brand Basmati is poor.

But there's plenty of quality Basmati Brands out there.
HABIB Basmati is very good
Kohinoor Basmati, even their Trophy brand is all good and cheaper.
Zeeshan Basmati is good (Newcastle Importers)

But the best by far, I've used, is Zoy Basmati but it only comes in
40kg/20kg linen sacks and you never see it in retail Asian shops.

If you get the chance of some Zoy Basmati, buy it, it won't disappoint.

I'm out of it at the moment and using Zeeshan, but will be splitting a bag of Zoy with a friend, the next time he's at the wholesalers.

cheers Chewy

[Whandsy]

Cheers Chewy, I'll keep an eye out for that brand as my local asian supermarket has an aisle full of varying rice brands / sacks

[Razor]

Just another tip on rice, which you probably already know, but incase you don't, after washing the rice, if you soak it in salted water for 20 minutes or so, it bleaches to a brilliant white..!

Ray