Topic started by Bhoomika (@ pcp09896809pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net) on Wed Jul 14 11:21:01 EDT 2004.
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1. What are the uses of sona masoori rice.
2. Is it used for cooking regular rice, or in vrice dishes like pongal bise belle bath or for making idlies.
3. What is the best rice for cooking pongal, bise belle bath etc.

Responses:

• From: Raathi (@ h0030bd1c69fe.ne.client2.attbi.com) on: Fri Jul 16 21:06:54 EDT 2004
  
  Simply you can make anything with sona masoori rice. can use'em for cooking regular rice to idli,dosai,pongal(sweet & Kaaram),adai paniyaaram,Aappam,lemon rice and tamarind rice etc.....
  
  This one is realy realy good for making very soft silky idlies to people who has/use only blenders(in US) for grinding rice.It'll grind very fast so you can save much time than grinding boiled rice as well as selflife of the motar.
  
  Can use it almost for all recipies which calls for raw rice(in sweets,vadais & any thing) and will exactly give the same results.
  For making idlies,the rasio should be 4:1(4 parts rice & 1 part urad dal) along with 5 fenugreek seeds.
  
  
• From: Bhoomika (@ pcp09896809pcs.ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net) on: Mon Jul 19 09:45:31 EDT 2004
  
  Thanks Raathi. Is it good to use sona masoori rice or ponni rice or a mixture of booth to get soft idlies
  
  
• From: Raathi (@ h0030bd1c69fe.ne.client2.attbi.com) on: Mon Jul 19 14:44:32 EDT 2004
  
  I use sonamasoori alone (Or) soonamasoori with ponni boiled rice and getting almost the same results(soft idlies) in both types.
  The propotion for the second type should be
  2 parts - ponni boiled rice(I use lakshmiBrand)
  2 parts - sonamasoori rice (I use lakshmi Brand)
  1 part - urad dal,along with 5 seeds of fenugreek.
  
  
• From: Meow (@ sdn-ap-020ilchicp0140.dialsprint.net) on: Mon Jul 19 20:51:52 EDT 2004
  
  What is the best rice for making pongal?
  
  
• From: rekha (@ acc695c7.ipt.aol.com) on: Sun Jul 25 03:45:59 EDT 2004
  
  What is sona masoori rice? i mean whether this rice is raw or the one used by kerala people?
  keralites used to have red and white variety.
  
  

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