Wehani rice, also known as California Red
Jasmine Rice
Jasmine rice (; ; ) is a long-grain variety of fragrant rice (also known as aromatic rice). Its fragrance, reminiscent of ''pandan'' ('' Pandanus amaryllifolius'') and popcorn, results from the rice plant's natural production of aroma compounds, ...
, is a variety of aromatic
brown rice
Brown rice is a whole grain rice with only the inedible outer hull removed. This kind of rice sheds its outer hull or husk but the bran and germ layer remain on, constituting the brown or tan colour of rice. White rice is the same grain without ...
developed in the late 20th century by
Lundberg Family Farms of
Richvale,
California
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. The name of the rice originates from the brothers of the family, Wendell, Eldon, Homer, Albert, and Harlan Lundberg.
Wehani rice was developed from
basmati rice
Basmati () is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Nepal, Punjab, Haryana, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India and Pakistan.[India
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. The grains of Wehani rice are reddish-brown in color and resemble
wild rice. When cooked, the rice produces an aroma similar to that of hot buttered
popcorn
Popcorn (also called popped corn, popcorns, or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated. The term also refers to the snack food produced by the expansion. It is one of the oldest snacks, with evidence of p ...
or
peanut
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s and is slightly chewy in texture.
Being developed from basmati rice, this variety of rice can be classified as ''Oryza sativa'', or Asian rice. It can be placed more specifically in the ''indica'' subspecies.
See also
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List of rice varieties
This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties. There are several species of grain called rice. Oryza sativa, Asian rice (''Oryza sativa)'' is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies (''indica'' and ''jap ...
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Ambemohar
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Basmati rice
Basmati () is a variety of long, slender-grained aromatic rice which originates from the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the regions of Nepal, Punjab, Haryana, Sindh and many other states and provinces of India and Pakistan.[Jasmine rice
Jasmine rice (; ; ) is a long-grain variety of fragrant rice (also known as aromatic rice). Its fragrance, reminiscent of ''pandan'' ('' Pandanus amaryllifolius'') and popcorn, results from the rice plant's natural production of aroma compounds, ...]
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Oryza sativa
''Oryza sativa'', having the common name Asian cultivated rice, is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species being ''Oryza glaberrima, O. glaberrima'', African rice. It was History of rice cultivation ...
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References
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