Coping with Ponni/Idli Rice shortage!!

Dear Friends,

In Singapore, We don’t have rice shortage! We have more varieties of rice coming from different parts of the world. Rice from Thai Land is the major exporter & we do get rice from USA, Philippines, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam, Pakistan & India. It is we Indians who got used to our Ponni rice unable to take & try out other varieties. It is all individual taste & preferences.
And, yes! The prices of rice have gone up No doubt & there is a shortage of ponni rice coming from India. I am sure this is definitely for a short period only!

The new I’Lite by mistake wrote the topic as ' Rice Shortage'. She should have written ‘Shortage of Ponni rice’! Sometimes, the mis-lead title like this can attract wrong attention to the readers!

Yes you were right Anu shiv...I should have written ponni rice shortage!!Thanx for your idea and thanx for mentioning that I have started a thread with wrong topic !!!

Can anybody tell me which brand of Thai rice is better for daily use.(same taste as our Indian rice.

I used to buy Golden Dragon available at NTUC and other supermarkets in Singapore. Only after moving to Europe we have started to buy Indian rice like ponni. We never found any difference with Thai rice. You might want to try this brand. But I'm not sure how it turns out in pressure cooker. I used only rice cooker.

Latha

check out the local provincial shops. They normally have the ponny rice. Indian shops next to HDBs are your best bet. But the price of ponni rice has doubled approx. Its 18bucks for a 5kg pack. These people are so smart, that they don't have in bigger quanities, they force us to buy the 5kg pack. Just wish i can import rice myself from india. Considering is only about 500-600SGD for a 20ft container.

Hi Ladies,
I find that the price of Ponni rice and Idly rice is very high.....
Pls comment and let me know where the rice is available and how much.....
is it worth buying at such a high cost or can we just switch to Thai rice....
tks,

Cheers,
Uma

Hi Uma garu,

The topic regarding 'ponni rice' & ' Idli rice' has been discussed already in detail.
Please, look in to other threads in Singapore forum for more details.


Thank you

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For details.. call UMA, Managing Director, Sukashree Agro Foods (P) ltd. Hyderabad.
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Originally Posted by ranivasan

Hi all,
As all may know.. there is ban of getting rices (except basmathi ) into singapore. So,what's subsitute for idli rice apart from idli rava? Or is idli rice back to the market..

Hi Anu,

thanks for your reply...i read the posts and i bought this royal dragon rice from NTUC and tried it out but it was so soggy and sticky.....how much water do u use for this?...i,m finding it difficult ....do u add a tsp of oil?i need non sticky and separate grains....
thanks and cheers,

Uma

hi all,

Last week i got my groceries for selvi mills and i saw the price of ponni rice was lesser(15$) than last month (16.50$).