Now, which Asian country has the tastiest rice, mates?

[FolkGuitar]

Koshihikari rice grown in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

[Stocky]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Yes, that's the same general area, northwestern India and Pakistan.

Correct

[baansgr]

1 hour ago, Keeps said:

Chicken tikka masala was supposedly invented in the UK in the 1960's. A few Indian restaurants had opened, I believe in London initially. The food they were mainly proposing was a bit spicy for the local taste so they ended up mixing tinned/canned condensed tomato soup with a curry to mellow it and the chicken tikka masala was the outcome. No doubt someone will be along to advise that is complete and utter tosh.

 

Won't touch it myself - nothing to do with curry snobbery. Just don't like the taste. Prefer a dhansak, Madras or Jalfrezi. They are all probably about as authentic as a tikka masala ( particularly the Madras).

 

 

Curry was invented by the Brits under the British Raj...don't know why indians think they can claim it...maybe a bit like changing history I suppose 

[RoryBreaker]

Purple rice. It's super healthy and has kept me looking handsome!

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Rice is for peasants.

Chips for the aristocracy! 555

[save the frogs]

Sorry to sound like the grim reaper, dudes.

But should you be concerned about arsenic levels in rice?

Is it safe to eat daily? 

 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/arsenic-in-rice

Arsenic in Rice: Should You Be Concerned?

 

Yes. There is no doubt about it, arsenic in rice is a problem.

This may pose a health risk to those who eat rice every day in considerable amounts.

This mainly applies to people with rice-based diets.

 

(and arsenic is connected to various diseases ... cancer .. diabetes ...)

 

 

 

[Keeps]

10 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Chips for the aristocracy! 555

Indian curry, hotter the better. 1/2 rice, 1/2 chips (the proper kind, not the American kind). Onion bhajii, naan bread. That was the order of the day, post pub, 11.10pm in the local Tandoori parlour at weekends.

 

Might be frowned upon but certainly avoided a Saturday morning and Sunday morning hangover. Might have an AHole looking like the Japanese flag next morning but the head was always ok.

[Cameroni]

This is a bit like asking what is better, a blonde, a brunettte, a redhead or a raven haired gal.

 

The answer is "it depends". In this case what you're going to eat. If you're going to eat a curry, then Basmati. If you're going to eat Katsudon, obviously  Japanese rice. Korean barbecue? Obviously Korean rice. Thai and Indonesian? Jasmine Rice. Chinese? Jasmine Rice. Vietnamese Jasmin rice.

 

So on versatility I'd say Jasmin rice takes top spot.

[Ralf001]

28 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 raven haired gal.

 

 

Once you go Asian you never go Caucasian.

[Sigmund]

Tastiest or healthiest ? Because white basmati rice tastes divine but blows the belly. Brown rice is not all that tasty but far more healthy. 

[IsaanT]

Has anyone asked themselves if 'Lewie' is bone fide?  I ask because I think these tales are AI-generated.

The grammar and punctuation are nearly perfect.  His tales are told with the ability of a master storyteller.  The impression is that he's a cockney.  I have nothing against cockneys (I'm descended from them) but their spelling and punctuation are rarely this good.

Have you also noticed that he never involves himself in the thread once it has started?  Some have suggested that it's Bob Smith's latest persona but thin-skinned Bob always jumps back in to his threads to bite the ankles of anyone who criticises him.

I think someone is having some harmless fun with you all.
 

[Cameroni]

2 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

Has anyone asked themselves if 'Lewie' is bone fide?  I ask because I think these tales are AI-generated.

The grammar and punctuation are nearly perfect.  His tales are told with the ability of a master storyteller.  The impression is that he's a cockney.  I have nothing against cockneys (I'm descended from them) but their spelling and punctuation are rarely this good.

Have you also noticed that he never involves himself in the thread once it has started?  Some have suggested that it's Bob Smith's latest persona but thin-skinned Bob always jumps back in to his threads to bite the ankles of anyone who criticises him.

I think someone is having some harmless fun with you all.
 

 

Of course he's using AI. You just noticed?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I live in Thailand, so I'm somewhat partial to things here... However, with RICE, you really have to be careful.

 

--White jasmine rice, while it tastes good in Thai cooking, has one of the highest glycemic index (GI) ratings among rices... Meaning, when you eat it, you're tending to spike your blood sugar levels and encourage pre-diabetes and full-blown diabetes.

 

--Brown rice, including Jasmine, is overall better for your health. But brown rice from certain areas, including Thailand and the southern U.S. states, has been found to have concerning levels of potentially harmful arsenic.

 

--Basmati rice from India is among the lower GI levels for rices, which is a good thing in terms of blood sugar issues. And it's also got lower arsenic levels than other kinds of rice, even for its brown basmati rice varieties. In general, brown rice varieties tend to have higher arsenic levels than comparable white rice varieties.

 

--from what I've been able to read in terms of research, Thai riceberry (purple) rices generally are supposed to be OK both from a blood sugar and arsenic levels perspective. Basmati rice from India is supposed to be generally good on both counts. And rices grown in California (unlike those from Southern U.S. states) have been found to have lower arsenic levels because they didn't have the same history of arsenic-related pesticide use associated with cotton growing. But their blood sugar levels are gonna depend on the particular rice variety and its applicable GI rating.

 

 

[chubby]

17 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I live in Thailand, so I'm somewhat partial to things here... However, with RICE, you really have to be careful.

 

--White jasmine rice, while it tastes good in Thai cooking, has one of the highest glycemic index (GI) ratings among rices... Meaning, when you eat it, you're tending to spike your blood sugar levels and encourage pre-diabetes and full-blown diabetes.

 

--Brown rice, including Jasmine, is overall better for your health. But brown rice from certain areas, including Thailand and the southern U.S. states, has been found to have concerning levels of potentially harmful arsenic.

 

--Basmati rice from India is among the lower GI levels for rices, which is a good thing in terms of blood sugar issues. And it's also got lower arsenic levels than other kinds of rice, even for its brown basmati rice varieties. In general, brown rice varieties tend to have higher arsenic levels than comparable white rice varieties.

 

--from what I've been able to read in terms of research, Thai riceberry (purple) rices generally are supposed to be OK both from a blood sugar and arsenic levels perspective. Basmati rice from India is supposed to be generally good on both counts. And rices grown in California (unlike those from Southern U.S. states) have been found to have lower arsenic levels because they didn't have the same history of arsenic-related pesticide use associated with cotton growing. But their blood sugar levels are gonna depend on the particular rice variety and its applicable GI rating.

 

 

 

thought that for many years, re: Basmati and sugars, recently started doing some glucose testing, turns out even if eaten after vegetables etc, and eaten in small quantities , the basmati causes large spikes, maybe from insulin resistance built up.

 

here there is cauliflower rice, but personally, i'm off breads, rices and noodles , even whole grains like quinoa , here we also have Plant Pasta, which I've found to be tasty enough and causes no large spikes ;  

 

we even have cauliflower crust pizzas, but its the ultra-processed food, to also avoid, in part cause of the imbalance of omega 3 and 6s ..

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

23 minutes ago, chubby said:

thought that for many years, re: Basmati and sugars, recently started doing some glucose testing, turns out even if eaten after vegetables etc, and eaten in small quantities , the basmati causes large spikes, maybe from insulin resistance built up.

 

The above personal experience is interesting. Certainly Basmati rice is "lower" GI levels, not "no" GI levels.

 

23 minutes ago, chubby said:

here there is cauliflower rice, but personally, i'm off breads, rices and noodles , even whole grains like quinoa , here we also have Plant Pasta, which I've found to be tasty enough and causes no large spikes ;  

 

 

I like cooked cauliflower as a vegetable. But I also tried some restaurant's cauliflower "rice" here lately, and thought it was tasteless and left a bad (like sawdust) feel in my mouth, so not a big fan of that.

 

Lately, as an alternative to rice, I've been eating red lentils pasta which is available from Tops markets here under the San Remo brand, although Tops also has their own cheaper "Tops Choice" brand, but that actually is a combo of pasta made from Thai brown rice flour (which I'd be trying to avoid), chickpeas and some other ingredients.

 

I really like the chickpea and lentils pastas that I've had here as alternatives to rices. Lentils alone are very good from a health and nutrition standpoint.  Though when I feel like I need or want rice, I'm sticking to either MBK Thai riceberry or some imported mixed grain (wild rice, brown rice, red rice) varieties from the U.S.

 

What do you mean by "plant pastas"?

 

[CallumWK]

28 minutes ago, chubby said:

 

thought that for many years, re: Basmati and sugars, recently started doing some glucose testing, turns out even if eaten after vegetables etc, and eaten in small quantities , the basmati causes large spikes, maybe from insulin resistance built up.

 

Every white rice is bad for blood sugar levels, why basmati would be different.

 

I rarely eat rice these days, but if I eat, it is only self cooked rice berry mixed 50% with brown rice

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

FWIW, a lot of the health-related research on rice can be very confusing and requires a lot of deep delving into the info.

 

For example, Japanese folks tend to eat a lot of short grain white rice, but they as a group don't have nearly the same blood sugar issues as western populations do. Why?

 

Turns out, according to the research I've read, that you can actually eat higher GI rices without causing big blood sugar problems, so long as you combine that rice intake in the same meal with certain OTHER foods that neutralize the GI spikes. As best as I can recall, some of those oddly include eating yogurts or yogurt drinks at the same time as the rice, and some other common staple ingredients (that might include natto) from Japanese diets that we don't eat so much. So, because of their overall different diet, they apparently can get away with it.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Every white rice is bad for blood sugar levels, why basmati would be different.

 

I rarely eat rice these days, but if I eat, it is only self cooked rice berry mixed 50% with brown rice

 

 

I'm not saying basmati rice is "good" for blood sugar levels. Just saying that in the spectrum of various rice varieties, basmati is about the lowest in terms of GI among all the different rice varieties...

 

If memory serves, that's somewhere right on the border between being an OK/moderate and somewhat high GI type food... White Jasmine, by comparison, is pretty much at the top of the rice GI scale.

 

[Cameroni]

4 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

For example, Japanese folks tend to eat a lot of short grain white rice, but they as a group don't have nearly the same blood sugar issues as western populations do. Why?

 

Very simple. Because Japanese aren't as fat.

 

Not rocket science.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

8 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Very simple. Because Japanese aren't as fat.

 

 

When it comes to blood sugar levels, I don't think it's quite as simple as equating that entirely with body fat levels.  But I'll admit, I haven't spent a lot of time invested in that particular topic.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

10 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Rice is for peasants.

 

Whereas such comments are for outright idiots... 

[richard_smith237]

10 hours ago, Keeps said:

Chicken tikka masala was supposedly invented in the UK in the 1960's. A few Indian restaurants had opened, I believe in London initially. The food they were mainly proposing was a bit spicy for the local taste so they ended up mixing tinned/canned condensed tomato soup with a curry to mellow it and the chicken tikka masala was the outcome. No doubt someone will be along to advise that is complete and utter tosh.

 

Won't touch it myself - nothing to do with curry snobbery. Just don't like the taste. Prefer a dhansak, Madras or Jalfrezi. They are all probably about as authentic as a tikka masala ( particularly the Madras).

 

Ironically - following that...      Indian food became the most popular food in the UK, and rightly so IMO...

 

A lot of 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are actually Bangadeshi and Pakistani run....

 

 

.... and then...  the birth of the Phall, a Bangladeshi restaurant in Birmingham (UK) created the hotest curry to appease the 'Friday night pish-heads' who were trying to out do each other on the spicy curries...  A vindaloo just didn't cut it anymore... 

 

... Rumours of a tindaloo around as well, but I've never seen one of those on a menu !

[hotandsticky]

14 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Ironically - following that...      Indian food became the most popular food in the UK, and rightly so IMO...

 

A lot of 'Indian' restaurants in the UK are actually Bangadeshi and Pakistani run....

 

 

.... and then...  the birth of the Phall, a Bangladeshi restaurant in Birmingham (UK) created the hotest curry to appease the 'Friday night pish-heads' who were trying to out do each other on the spicy curries...  A vindaloo just didn't cut it anymore... 

 

... Rumours of a tindaloo around as well, but I've never seen one of those on a menu !

 

 

My first Phall was in 1982 ish on a boys night out in Norwich.

 

Now, after almost 20 years in Thailand, I can manage one quite comfortably. I tend not to have one because I don't like the stronger taste. \a Vindaloo is fine and I occasionally opt for a Dansak for it's taste.

[richard_smith237]

41 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

10 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Rice is for peasants.

 

Whereas such comments are for outright idiots... 

 

Example at hand... 

 

1 hour ago, Cameroni said:

 

Very simple. Because Japanese aren't as fat.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

When it comes to blood sugar levels, I don't think it's quite as simple as equating that entirely with body fat levels.  But I'll admit, I haven't spent a lot of time invested in that particular topic.

 

I don't think he did either...  he just 'dumbed down and simplified' a soundbite and belted it out on her as if it was thoughtful insight !!! 

[CallumWK]

I have tried Indian food few times while in Thailand, and classify it as over rated and over priced Thai food.

 

Give me a Thai chicken curry with rice over an Indian chicken curry with rice any time

[richard_smith237]

3 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

I have tried Indian food few times while in Thailand, and classify it as over rated and over priced Thai food

 

Where are you from Callum ???  - if from the UK...  Indian Curry is far less appreciated by those from the US in general... 

 

The closest of any Thai Dishes to indian food could be the Massman Curry and maybe at a stretch, Khao Soi... 

 

 

Beyond that...   the cuisines have nothing in common...    Even as this is a a rice thread, I don't eat Indian food with rice, but with Naan bread.

 

 

Oh Biriyani is very popular here, particularly amongst muslim communities - thats also a very popular Indian dish but also popular through the Middle East - sometimes with a different name such a 'hyderabadi'....