Black Kalamalli Fula Rice
Kaalamalli Fula translates to black jasmine because of its colour and floral fragrance. It is a slender variety of rice with 100% bran. Cooked Kaalamalli Fula Rice is glutinous and a deep black-purple in colour. It tastes great with many thick gravies that we use in South Indian meals, and combines well with coconut milk. A bowl of this soft-grained rice, dribbled with a generous helping of coconut milk and flavoured either sweet or salty, is a favourite dessert in Southeast Asian cuisine. It’s healthy and great for those who are lactose intolerant.
Chendadi Rice
Kerala Sundari Rice
Mullan Kaima
Mullankaima is an unusual variety of rice. Kaima rice is very popular in North Kerala. Its variant, Mullankaima or Mullan Kazhama is especially used as biriyani rice traditionally. Unlike other scented rice that are long and slender, Mullankaima Rice is big, bold and white in colour. It is excellent for making payasam and tastes equally delicious as table rice.
Navara Rice
Ayurveda uses Navara rice for various treatments. Navara is known as gold with fragrance. It is also known as the red rice of Kerala. It is great weaning food for infants. This unique red rice has religious significance and is sometimes used in temples for rituals and ceremonies. Navara is used in Navarakizhi, a speciality treatment from Keralas traditional medicine used for curing neuromuscular disorders.
Rakthashali Red Rice
One of the rarest and most precious varieties of rice that we have is Rakthashali Red Rice. This small and slender-grained rice is known for its nutritive and medicinal properties. It comes to us as unpolished raw rice with full bran. Rakthashali Red Rice is good for making kanji or rice porridge and payasam. Steamed rice can be eaten with Indian curries. It can be consumed by all ages especially the aged, the ailing, and the young.
Valiya Chennellu Rice
Valiya Chennellu is a red, bold variety of rice from Wayanad. It is a variation of Chennellu, which is rice given to patients recouping from jaundice. This delicious rice is normally made into kanji/porridge or powdered into flour and used to make tiffin items such as puttu, idiyappam, and ela ada. This rice helps in preventing edema, preventing obesity, strengthening muscles and to promote regular menstruation in women and milk in breastfeeding mothers.