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And yet the meticulous methods required for rice's cultivation and cookery have long made it the grain of choice in royal kitchens.Whether you enjoy it as polo, biryani, or risotto, rice is both grain of the people and delicacy of the rich and powerful.. Rice Is Everything.
There are many forms of rice.Most — though not all — are varieties of Oryza sativa, the Asian rice grain originally domesticated during the Neolithic Revolution.Today you have access to more kinds of rice than a Persian monarch, each with its own biochemistry and virtues in the pot.
It pays to understand the differences between them.This is a guide to many of the most common varieties, with notes on how to cook them, so that you too can participate in this essential culinary tradition that stretches back to the earliest days of human civilization.. Photo by Antonis Achilleos / Prop Styling by Christina Daley / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey.
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There are two principle starches in rice — amylose and amylopectin — that along with the processing method influence how a grain behaves when cooked.heirloom-quality pieces.
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