Chine Kamini
Chine Kamini
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- single-origin heirloom
- cultivated with love
- nature-friendly farming
Chine Kamini is the perfect pairing for our home-style Chal-er Panta Bhat that we are serving with Goyna Bori, Aalu Makha, Shapla Phul-er Bora, Aalu-r Khosa Bhaja & Mango Chilli Oil at our restaurant Amar Khamar Lunch Room in Kolkata. This comforting bowl is exactly what you need in this season!
about the rice
Chine Kamini has been quite a favourite aromatic rice variety in Bengal. The slightly toasted, nutty flavour lends an impressive touch to Bengali khichuri and Pulao. The rice is easy on the palate and cooks well without turning into a mush.
First mentioned in the 1870s by the British civil servant and historian William Wilson Hunter in his A Statistical Account of Bengal this heirloom rice is today cultivated in different districts of West Bengal. It has a low salt tolerance and due to its reddish appearance of the paddy it is sometimes also locally called Lal Kamini near the coastal Sundarbans.
| flavour |
caramel . toasted |
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aroma |
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appearance |
the uncooked grains are short, roundish and pearly-white in colour |
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cooking |
absorption method |
| time | 12-15 minutes |
| storage |
store it in an air-tight jar to retain the aroma in cool, dry, dark place |
what you can cook with
Have a go at Chine Kamini, if you are having friends or family over at your place. It is particularly suitable for celebrations and special preparations including pilafs. As a slightly aromatic rice variety, you can also beautifully use it for payesh or phena bhat.
the ultimate guide to cooking rice
Cooking rice, apparently, does not seem much: you just need to add rice to water and you are all set. But it does not take ½ a cup of water more or less to turn it into an act of blasphemy. So here we have for you the ultimate guide on how to cook the perfect rice.
| botanical name | Oryza sativa |
| origin | West Bengal |
| processing | atap (non-parboiled) |
our philosophy
We believe that the way we cultivate, process, buy, and cook our food can change the world for better. Every time you decide to buy food that has been produced in a sustainable way, you make the world a better place. Learn more about our manifesto.
