Heavenly Rice

Perhaps it is time now to discuss the preferred rice of choice. There are four kinds of rice that we Asians consume almost on a daily basis. The Orientals consume lots of long grain rice, we also eat short grain and glutinous rice. Besides that my Indian friends would consume basmati rice a soft fluffy rice, that goes with any vegetable dish. Basmati rice taste a lot better when eaten with our hands.

Many years ago, on my trip to Bangkok to visit the sites I stumbled upon two kinds of rice.

The little Thai language that we knew allowed us to taste steamed Jasmine rice and fried eggs. But it was the best most fragrant rice I have ever tasted. So, nowadays, here where I live which is Sevilla, Spain, we treat ourselves to wonderful Jasmine rice.

Another trip to Thailand this time with polytechnic students for a field trip. We stumbled upon freshly cooked glutinuous rice. While our tour bus was travelling down through the padi fields, our guide stopped the bus and ordered everybody off the bus. Then he stopped a vendor and ordered rice for everyone. The vendor took out some bamboo and split them in the middle. In the cavities of the bamboo were cooked glutinous rice. It was tasty. He explained that the rice harvesters cannot stop their work in the middle of the day and eat at home. So, this was the best way to eat the rice and the sticky rice would maintain their energy all day long.