Eat Basmati Rice Daily! The Basmati Rice Fragrant Leaves Plant

Fragrant Basmati Rice Plant

 Eat Basmati rice daily, yes it is true. After planting this lovely easy growing basmati rice plant veg and non veg pulaos are never the same!Even all rice dishes go fragrant when we use the leaves of Basmati rice leaf plant. The Basmati rice leaf plant is just like an ordinary grass and looks similar to rajni gandha or herbal tea leaves, lemon grass plant.

Close up of Roots in Basmati Rice Plant

An easy growing  plant this does not require much care and grows like wild once rooted. Requires less water and is happy in  a shaded corner of your garden or window sill. The name as suggests comes from the fresh basmati fragrance the leaves emit when they are steamed and used in cooking.
The basmati rice plant is not original rice plant but has got its name from the fragrance similar to basmati rice.The plant develops roots from below and sides of each sapling and can be planted as new basmati rice plants. The basmati rice plant leaves are a fresh green and very soothing to the eyes.The leaves themselves do not have any fragrance and only with heat they will start giving out the basmati rice fragrance. In summer afternoons when the plant leaves turn brown due to sunlight the whole garden becomes fragrant of basmati rice fragrance.
How to use basmati rice leaves- the right technique is very important and as you smell the leaves directly you will not get any smell and this looks also like any other grass plant. Like you use dry spices and condiments this plant leaves also can be added when frying in oil the onions or best in rice dishes when the pulao or biryani is nearly cooked and kept for few minutes under steam finally you add the washed leaves in the rice dish, stir well and then close the lid and cook on slow heat. Then begins the fragrance that will not only spread into your home but also in your whole premises. Enjoy Basmati rice daily! All the Best from Rizwana!