Thread: Long Grain Rice In Thailand

I'm looking for a rice to cook risotto and Mexican rice with... long grain?
The ones I've tried tend to stick together a bit and I was wondering if anyone had found a suitable rice here and knew the Thai name for it.

Originally Posted by beano

I'm looking for a rice to cook risotto and Mexican rice with... long grain?
The ones I've tried tend to stick together a bit and I was wondering if anyone had found a suitable rice here and knew the Thai name for it.

Risotto is not cooked with long grain rice - rather it uses a short, stubby grain with a high starch content. Suitable rice is available (at an exorbitant price) at the likes of Food Land, Villa and Emporium.

Rice sticks together if it isn't washed. about 7 changes of water is the norm. However, for risotto, one shouldn't wash the rice - the rich sauce its starch makes is part of the attraction. And for risotto, stir non-stop throughout the cooking process to draw out as much starch as possible.

As for Mexican rice, I believe that Mexico is a country without a cuisine, so using scrapings from the road is a suitable alternative.

Originally Posted by blackgang

which I would say along with Britain is a country sans Cuisine.

Despite having more than its fair share of the top restaurants in the world. Strange...

Originally Posted by blackgang

Originally Posted by Oswulf

As for Mexican rice, I believe that Mexico is a country without a cuisine, so using scrapings from the road is a suitable alternative.

Jumping Jesus Christ Oswulf, did your mother use your fucking head for a door stop when you was a baby??
You might know a bit about cooking WOP chuck but you don't know shit about Mex grub.
Far superior to Dago, and a world of difference to Thai, which I would say along with Britain is a country sans Cuisine.

The thing about my mother using my head as a door stop was supposed to be our special secret. I'm most disappointed in you.

And, if I recall correctly, "dago" refers to our Hispanic brethren. It's our "spic" brethren makes risotto.

Originally Posted by Oswulf

And, if I recall correctly, "dago" refers to our Hispanic brethren. It's our "spic" brethren makes risotto.

Risotto is Italian, WOP, Dago,, Hispanic, Greaser, Beaner, Spic

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Despite having more than its fair share of the top restaurants in the world. Strange...

That might be all well and good and they do have some famous restaurants, but we were talking about Cuisine and fine food.

Originally Posted by blackgang

That might be all well and good and they do have some famous restaurants, but we were talking about Cuisine and fine food.

So was I! What about Bernie Inns?!

BG hit the nail on the head about browning the rice. Must be done. Makes it drier as well.

Just had a look at what a few pubs were serving in London. Nuff said.

salmon and haddock fishcake with horseradish cream 6.75
country pate with pickled red cabbage 6.50
bubble and squeak with soft poached egg 5.75
ham and veal pie with apple and onion chutney 6.50
salad of smoked goosnargh duck with spring vegetables 6.75

hake and chips with marrowfat peas 12.75
chicken and wild mushroom pie with mash 11.50
bangers with colcannon and onion gravy 11.50
jacob’s ladder braised in guinness with roasted baby carrots and onions 13.75
slow roasted pork belly 14.00
oxford lamb leg steak with portobello mushroom and anchovy butter 16.50
whole baked bream with purple sprouting broccoli 13.75
pea and leek tart with spring salad 10.50

Sherry trifle 5.50
banoffee pie 5.50
steamed treacle pudding with custard 5.50
chocolate and pecan brownie with vanilla ice cream 5.50
rhubarb and frangipane tart with crème fraiche 5.50
selection of british cheeses 7.50

Traditional Real Ales
Deuchars IPA, Caledonian, Scotland 3.3% ABV pint £3.10 - Refreshing and light. There is a good balance of malt and hops with an element of fruit and citrus leading into a light syrupy sweetness and a faint taste of flowers.
Explorer, Adnams, England 4.3% AVB pint £3.20 - A crisp, bright bitter for the summer. Goldings hops and pale
ale malts give a dry bitterness and citrus finish.
Yuletide, Adnams, England 5.0% AVB pint £3.30 - A deep copper coloured ale with outstanding depth and richness. The malty, hoppy aromas give way to complex flavours and a lingering balance of bitterness and malt

Draft Beers & Cider
Meantime Wheat Beer, Meantime, England 5.0% ABV pint £4.00 - An English wheat beer from the Meantime brewery in Greenwich. Made with wheat and pale ale malts, Perle and Northern Brewer hops and authentic wheat beer yeast.
Leffe Blonde, Leffe, Belgium 6.6% ABV pint £4.00 - A classic Abbey beer. Sweet and smooth, warming and full bodied. Leffe has quince, gooseberry, bitter cherry and apple flavours together with cloves and nutmeg. Wonderfully complex and satisfying.
Peroni, Italy 5.1% ABV pint £4.00 - Crisp and lightly sparkling, Peroni is brewed using the finest, two-row spring planted malting barley and the highest quality maize, malts and hops. Refreshing and dry, with a clear-cut, clean character.
A selection of Bottled Beers & Cider
Landlord Strong Pale Ale, Timothy Taylor, Yorkshire 4.1% ABV 500ml £3.95 - Deep golden with a ruby sheen and a thick, pillowy head. Full of fresh aromas with crisp herbal notes and citrus fruit. On the palate it has a rich texture and a bitter spectrum of flavours with hints of spinach, leafy greens and minerals. There’s a biscuity note of malt in the finish.
Kew Gold, Wells & Young’s, Bedfordshire 4.8% ABV 500ml £3.95 - Inspired by a variety of hops grown at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Limpid gold in colour with an attractive hoppy bite and a thirst-quenching tangy finish of spice and citrus. The brewery actively supports Kew in its research
Organic Honey Dew, Fuller’s, London 5.0% ABV 500ml £3.95 - A golden beer brewed entirely from English organic malt with hops and laced with the finest organic honey. Wonderfully aromatic on the nose and outstandingly smooth. The natural sweetness is perfectly counterbalanced by Target hops, which provide a zesty finish.
Banana Bread, Wells & Young’s, Bedfordshire 5.2% ABV 568ml £3.95 - Brewed using Fairtrade bananas, the finest English Challenger and Goldings hops sampled by hand. This attention to detail guarantees a consistently delicious creamy nutty flavour.
Double Chocolate Stout, Wells & Young’s, Bedfordshire 5.2% ABV 500ml £3.95 - Young’s Double Chocolate Stout has it all, delivering a satisfying, indulgent taste without ever becoming overly sweet. Chocolate malt and real dark chocolate are combined in Young’s award-winning, full-flavoured dark beer.

Originally Posted by aging one

BG hit the nail on the head about browning the rice. Must be done. Makes it drier as well.

I lived there a good deal and worked there when younger and was married to a Mex and my Youngest child is Half Mex and I do like their food and can cook most anything I want and can get the stuff to make it, which is iffy here, even on special order from Rim Ping.
No can do on canned hominy for Pozole. and the correct kind of chilis are not to be had, each chili has it's own flavor except HOT.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Just had a look at what a few pubs were serving in London. Nuff said.

Some of the things on that list I would not ever eat anywhere, and I guess English is cool if that was what you were raised on, but most is not to my liking, kinda like Thai only Thai is more so as I get tired of even the good stuff in a hurry.

Oh man 10:30 in the morning and you got me going.




Oh Tacos Pator, how I love theee.....

Originally Posted by beano

I'm looking for a rice to cook risotto and Mexican rice with... long grain?
The ones I've tried tend to stick together a bit and I was wondering if anyone had found a suitable rice here and knew the Thai name for it.

The best long grain rice are the brown rice of America and Mexico. Look no further. I don't think you can find better long grain rice in Asia, where short grain rice are the best, i.e. Japanese pearly rice, slightly sticky but not glutinous. Thai rice is somewhere in between long and short grain, but still fragrant.