🍽️ What is it?
Jasmine rice is an aromatic long-grain rice known for its delicate floral aroma and slightly sticky texture when cooked, making it an excellent choice for Thai curries, stir-fries, risottos or as a side dish with meat or vegetable dishes.
🧾 Ingredients and allergens
📦 Ingredients: hulled long-grain jasmine rice.
⚠️ Allergens: may contain traces of wheat, milk, eggs, almonds and hazelnuts due to processing.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g of dry product) (approximate)
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Energy: ~1,490 kJ / 351 kcal
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Fat: ~1.2 g
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of which saturated ~0.2 g
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Carbohydrates: ~77 g
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of which sugars ~0.5 g
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Protein: ~7.4 g
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Salt: ~0 g
(Values based on product information and standard nutritional tables.)
🍽️ Taste and texture
✔️ Flavour: delicate, slightly sweet with a fresh, aromatic scent.
✔️ Texture: fluffy and slightly sticky when cooked, making it easy to eat with chopsticks and helping the rice to hold its shape even when served with sauces.
🍳 Preparation
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Rinsing: briefly rinse the rice under cold water to remove excess starch.
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Cooking: place in a saucepan and add water in a ratio of ~1:1.5–2 (rice : water). Cook for approximately 12 minutes or until the water has been absorbed.
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Resting: Turn off the heat and leave the rice covered for 5 minutes to finish cooking.
💡 Tip: For an even fluffier result, use a rice cooker.
🍛 Uses in the kitchen
✔️ Asian dishes: Thai curry, Chinese stir-fries, Vietnamese pho.
✔️ Risottos and pilafs: thanks to its jasmine aroma, it’s also excellent in lighter ‘rice salads’.
✔️ Side dish: with meat, fish, vegetables and pulses.
✔️ Sweet desserts: in some recipes, the rice can also be used in desserts.
🧠 Summary
ESSA Jasmine Rice 1 kg is a long-grain aromatic rice with a delicate fragrance and pleasant texture, which you can easily prepare and combine with a variety of dishes – from everyday dinners to exotic recipes.
