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basmati
(bæzˈmɑːtiː, ‖ ˈbasməti)
Also 9 bas(s)mut(t)ee; bhasmatti, and with capital initial.
[a. Hindi bāsmatī, lit. ‘fragrant’.]
In full basmati rice: a superior variety of Indian rice, characteristically light and fragrant when cooked.
1845H. M. Elliot Suppl. Gloss. Indian Terms 46 Basmutee, a fragrant kind of rice and millet. 1888W. H. Dawe Wife's Help to Indian Cookery xxi. 50 Rice is largely used by Europeans in India{ddd}The Bassmuttee and the Cheenee-sukur are the best qualities for table use. 1932M. R. Anand Curries 77 Take a breakfastcupful of good (Patna or Basmati) rice. 1968Punch 6 Mar. 349 They could have had lobster or salami, some excellent steak, some bean sprouts, bhasmatti rice, ortaniques, coconuts, and much else. 1969Daily Nation (Nairobi) 7 Nov. 3/5 Kenya ceased to import basmati rice a year ago and all that traders are getting now is a very small quantity of second class paddy rice. 1973M. Jaffrey Invitation to Indian Cooking 230 This rice is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas... The best basmati is aged before it is cooked—and it is cooked only by the rich because it is also very expensive. 1986Cambridge (Mass.) Chron. 27 Feb. 2a/3 Our waiter also brought us a generous plate of delicate Basmati (yellow) rice that nearly melted upon contact, if you can believe rice would do such a thing. |