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First, black rice — also known as forbidden rice — is a whole grain rice with Chinese origins. Its black color comes from anthocyanins (inflammation-fighting antioxidants) within the rice.
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Rice can come in many shapes, colours and sizes. This is a list of rice cultivars, also known as rice varieties.There are several species of grain called rice. [1] Asian rice (Oryza sativa) is most widely known and most widely grown, with two major subspecies (indica and japonica) and over 40,000 varieties. [2]
Thai Jasmine rice is aromatic, and unusually for a long-grain rice has some stickiness, with a soft texture. Indian Basmati rice is very long-grained and aromatic. Italian Arborio rice, used for risotto, is of medium length, oval, and quite sticky. Japanese sushi rice is a sticky short-grain variety. [51]
Oryza rufipogon, also known as wild rice and red rice. Red rice, also known as weedy rice, a low-yielding rice variety that persists as a weed in fields of better-quality rice. Thai Red Cargo rice, a non-glutinous long grain rice variety. Bhutanese red rice, a medium-grain rice grown in the Kingdom of Bhutan in the eastern Himalayas.
Medium-grain rice is used for sweet dishes, for risotto in Italy, and many rice dishes, such as arròs negre, in Spain. Some varieties of long-grain rice that are high in amylopectin, known as Thai Sticky rice, are usually steamed. [2] A stickier short-grain rice is used for sushi; [3] the stickiness allows rice to hold its shape when cooked. [4]
Another example of long-grain rice is American long-grain rice which include Carolina rice. It is believed that Patna rice was the first type of rice cultivated in America, [1] and acquired the name Carolina rice. The seeds of Patna rice were taken to America, grown in Carolina and exported to Britain before the American Civil War. Thus the ...
Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. [1] It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around 3,000 years ago. [2] [3] In agriculture, it has largely been replaced by higher-yielding Asian rice (), [2] and the number of varieties grown is declining. [1]