No more Sona Masoori Rice from India????

Does anybody know how long this ban is going to be?

Girls,
What is the current price of sona masoori rice(20lbs)in u'r arae?/
I bought a bag day b4 yday and the price was 19.99 and they have limited one bag/household in our local indian store..

Hi ramya,

I stay in boston and last sunday i bought 1 bag 20 lbs of sona rice for $29.99!!
So i think $19.99 is far better.
Here we did not inquire abt how many they allow per household.

suji

What a rip off $29.99 is too high. The store near my house is selling for $ 19.99.

Originally Posted by Sujimallige

Hi ramya,

I stay in boston and last sunday i bought 1 bag 20 lbs of sona rice for $29.99!!
So i think $19.99 is far better.
Here we did not inquire abt how many they allow per household.

suji

Almost 30$..OMG!! i think we have to resort to other brand of rice like long grain..

I got 4 bags from India Cash and Carry for $16.99 each just now, they are giving one bag for a family, they do have them in stock
Thanks for the alert

Hi,

Here in Chicago the indian grocery stores have started carrying the long grain rice, jasmine rice, fragrant rice varieties from US, Thailand ,Mexico. And the same is priced double the normal market rate. Even Basmati Rice is priced higher...

Recently I found BLUE RIBBON LONG GRAIN ENRICHED RICE in COSTCO which is 10$ for 25lbs bag. It isnt as good as sona masoori, but believe me it isnt that bad either..It isnt too starchy, and the grain after cooked isnt too fat. As an alternative to Sona masoori it really works out well...
And I was able to find Zafrani Basmati 20lbs bag for 15$. Where as the indian store sells the 10lb bag for 15-20$.

Anitha Srinivas

Originally Posted by shwethag

Does anybody know how long this ban is going to be?

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At Costco today I bought a 20 pound bag of dawat premium basmati rice for $20.

Hi all,

I bought two bacs of tilda sona masoori 20 lbs for 29.99$ each. The shopkeeper said the prices may get high by august n advised to stock up. Think ve to start learning other cuisines too.

Regards,
CC