Joha rice is a sweet-scented, short-grained rice from Assam. Joha’s high antioxidant, multi-vitamin properties and innate fragrance makes it a nutritionally exclusive variety. Packed with essential amino acids and proteins, Joha rice is definitely a healthy addition to your diet.
Grown in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, Joha was awarded the GI Tag to mark its limited geography of production. Folklore sings back to the 14th-century version of Assamese Ramayana which mentions that Ravana cooked this aromatic Joha rice, as one of the attemps to wake his brother Kumbhakarna from the infamous deep slumber.
When cooked to perfection this popcorn like scented aromatic rice oozes high nutritional and medicinal values apart from lending a sweet scent & exotic taste to all rice based recipes. Best for preparing ghee rice, fried rice, biryanis and rice-based desserts.
Grown in the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam, Joha was awarded the GI Tag to mark its limited geography of production. Folklore sings back to the 14th-century version of Assamese Ramayana which mentions that Ravana cooked this aromatic Joha rice, as one of the attemps to wake his brother Kumbhakarna from the infamous deep slumber.
When cooked to perfection this popcorn like scented aromatic rice oozes high nutritional and medicinal values apart from lending a sweet scent & exotic taste to all rice based recipes. Best for preparing ghee rice, fried rice, biryanis and rice-based desserts.