Royal Chef's Secret™ Extra Long Grain Basmati Rice - 10 lb Bag

The very first time I had Persian food was when an Iranian friend of mine took me to a Persian restaurant in Los Angeles 30 years ago. I was shocked when the plate arrived and had a big pile of (what looked to be) shredded coconut! Of course it was rice. Since then, I have been making Bastmati rice at home using Royal brand rice which is readily available. However, I could never replicate the rice I had at that restaurant and blamed it on my cooking technique. 30 years later (duh) I decided to do a deep dive into Bastmati. I thought Bastmati was all the same. NOT TRUE! There are many types and brands. Long story short, I settled on Royal Chef's Secret Extra Long Grain Bastmati to try. BINGO!! Even though it's twice as expensive as regular Royal Bastmati, the results were amazing. Beautiful long thin grains that were fluffy, flavorful and tender. I rinsed the rice well, soaked it for 30 minutes. My test was only for 1 cup of rice. Based on past experience, I did NOT follow the package instructions exactly. I only used 1.5 cups of water (instead of 2) and I did not boil the water first. I added the water, the drained rice, the butter, and the salt. Brought it to a boil uncovered, then covered it, reduced the heat on low to simmer 20 minutes or so. Then turned the heat OFF and let it sit for another 20 minutes. This method will not produce Tadig (crunchy bottom of the pot). To do that, turn the head up a bit and go 45-60 minutes simmer. Then invert the pot into a big bowl so the Tadig is on top to let is rest. This way the Tadig will stay crunchy. Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

BEST Basmati rice! Looong grains Beautiful aroma and best of alll stays fluffy and does not stick together! Thanks Walmart for carrying g it! I could not find it in my local stores and ordered from your website.

This rice is delicious. Earthy, nutty, just completely full of flavor. This is not your standard bland white rice. I don't think I can go back to the normal, cheap rice. It's just as good as what you'll get in an Indian restaurant. I am very satisfied with this purchase, and I will be buying it again when I run out. If you're on the fence about this rice, go for it.

There are a lot of worms in the rice

I didnt receive it

I ordered one

Basmati rice is good but overprized. You can buy other brands like Kohinoor Basmati rice for $13.99 for 10lb.

I am so upset with this order I opened it and It had little black bugs in both bags! So saying that means wherever they store it that's where the bugs had to come from because they completely duck tape the box and pit it in a sealed plastic bag .. so with that being said, I'm out of $44 and I would give them a zero stars if it let me

This item does not even deserve a star. It came in a package that was sealed with tape all over and when I opened the top part of the box, small/tiny little bugs (black, rice-bugs) started crawling out from the pachage, the original actual bag is still unopened and it smells so bad! I had to seal it so good for those insects not to escape here in my porch. Had to return them to get a refund. I can't even throw it away.

The rice is very dry and breaks up easily