In the US, the move immediately sparked a rush to stock up on Sona Masoori rice, the variant favored by the Telugu and Tamil communities hailing from southern India, amid fears of a shortage.

The Indian diaspora in the United States need not press the panic button. The current stocks of Sona Masuri rice there will likely last for at least 3-6 months. Sources in the rice export business ...

While the ban does not affect exports of basmati rice or parboiled rice, it will impact several other varieties of rice including sona masoori, which is popular in southern Indian cuisine.

One cup of idli rice or sona masuri rice, one-fourth cup of coconut, half a teaspoon of sugar, half a tsp of salt, and a pinch of baking soda.

With the Centre banning exports of white rice and non-resident Indians, mainly from the South, looking to get their favourite Sona Masuri or Ponni rice variety, the Centre’s policy of ...

At Nawab's Indian Cuisine on Wyandotte West, the owner Sowmya Reddy is down to the last five bags of Sona Masuri rice they have in stock. "It's like banning bread in America," Reddy said.

Free distribution of certified seed of Sona Masuri paddy will be done at Sarveshwar procurement facilitation centre under this program," the company said in its annual report. The distribution will ...

Now it is the turn of rice. Over the last 15 days, the price of raw Sona Masuri rice has gone up from Rs. 42 a kg to Rs. 50 and there is a similar escalation in the prices of all varieties.

Leela Sai Krishna and Sowmya Reddy hold one of the five bags left of Sona Masoori rice left at Nawab's Indian Cuisine restaurant. (Jacob Barker/CBC) Parikh said that right now he's out of non ...