Extra Long Indian Premium Brown Basmati Rice, 40 Pound (18.14 Kilo) Non Woven Cloth Bag - Naturally Aromatic, Aged, Flavorful, Slender, Non Sticky Whole Grains - 400+ Servings

Excellent product!

UPDATE REVIEW of the Pride of India Brown Basmati Rice in the 10lb Packaging. I am highly satisfied with the newest packaging for the 10lb package. It came in a heavy duty plastic/vinyl bag that was vacuum sealed at the top and has a resealable zip to reclose the bag after cutting off the top portion to open. No bugs or contamination. Much better than the tub and jute bags they had used for awhile. Even though resealable I still transferred my rice to my sealable storage containers as it gives me the opportunity to inspect for bugs, smells, etc. But in this case, all is well with the product received. Even with only two of us in the household, we now eat enough of it to make the affordable 10lb bag worth buying. Just received the package on 5/10/26 with a best by date of June 2027. Plenty of time to consume it. We very much liked the Pride of India Brown Basmati rice that we had previously purchased in the pricey 3lb container that we tried our first time out to see if we even liked the brown basmati. Liked it very much, but we needed to move on to a larger quantity to get a more affordable price per pound. I was very hesitant to buy this 5lb bag because of the jute bag that gave me concern of insects and spoilage as noted in some reviews. The new 10# packaging bag is now viable based on description above. Having said all that, we still really like the Pride of India Brown Basmati the best of the 7 brands we have tried and will continue to buy it. We tried and wanted the US sourced rice to be a good option as well as a couple other lower cost options to work, but we kept throwing them away and returning to the Pride of India product as our first choice for taste and texture. We did find 2 other Indian brown Basmati rice brands to our liking, but this is our first choice if available. We don't really mind the cook time required. We cook a cup at a time using chicken broth/stock and it makes more than enough for more than 2 meals for the two of us. Since the second meal is simply a reheat with a short fix time, the 2 meals preparation kind of balance out the effort.

This rice is pricey but this is the first brown rice that I can truly say that I like the taste. I found that if you soak the rice a few hours before cooking and put the correct amount of water then you will have a flavorful tasting rice. This rice did not appear nutty or extremely crunchy. Another helpful suggestion, if you have a rice cooker that has a brown rice feature on it, use it. I know that brown rice is healthier for our bodies so I am happy that I finally found a winner.

Unlike previous orders, this order has a a very poor quality... there are still hulls/chaffs mixed in it. The rice has a particular smell when cooked and it does not have the nutty taste that it had in my previous orders.

This would have been a great value had I been able to use it. But it's rancid. This is the first time I've ever had a problem with rice going rancid. I received this order about 2 months ago and stored it in a cool, dry place while I used up my stock. I opened it tonight to use some, and the smell hit me right off as just not right. I rinsed multiple times as I usually do hoping it would get better. Nope, still the same. So I thought I'd try cooking some still hoping for the best. It smelled faintly of pine sol. Bleh. And as I expected, the rice is not edible. 10 lbs of rice just went into the trash. Maybe I just got some from a bad batch, but I won't ever order this product again based on my experience. I'm going back to my previous brand. It might be a bit more expensive, but it's reliably good.

We cooked according to package directions and with our normal method for cooking rice and both times it was unacceptably chewy and crunchy. Had the same texture as wild rice. I didn't want so much rice to go to waste so after some poking around on the internet we found a number of methods to cook this and it's much better when properly cooked. Easiest: rinse then boil in way more water than you need for 30min uncovered, drain then cover and stream for 10 minutes.

Great packaging -I did not have to plan on pouring into a lidded container for storage. The rice itself was clean and taste to match. Great product - thank you.

Love this basmati rice. I like the whole grain brown quality. I will continue to buy this product

tres bien

correct

Great tasting

Too expensive for that quantity!

Rice when cooked splits so the grains looks shorter and bend. There is no fragrance and very chewy to eat. Only solace is that it is brown rice and hopefully has all the goodness of ant brown rice