People often believe that easy cook means that it takes less time to cook when in fact it takes longer than non-easy cook rice.

Parboiled rice (otherwise known as easy cook rice) is as it suggests parboiled at source with the husk on, resulting in the grain appearing slightly off white in colour that is until it is cooked when it turns white. This process guarantees separate grains of rice that are fluffy and remains so when holding which is ideal for the foodservice industry.

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Basmati is versatile rice and its qualities lend itself to most dishes from pilau, paella, and jambalaya to egg fried rice just to mention a few.

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Stored in a dry, pest free area and off the ground.

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Rice is perfect for a gluten free diet and it is advised that you try and eat high fibre foods, which would include brown rice.

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It is important that you are aware of them so CLICK HERE to read ‘The Tilda Guide to Rice Health and Hygiene’ and ‘The 10 Commandments of Safe Rice Handling’ to discover all you need to know.

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Vegetarian food is often regarded as bland and unappealing. Ones that work particularly well in curries are potatoes, mushrooms, onions, peppers, carrots, baby sweetcorn, aubergine, courgette, cauliflower, spinach and for a change sweet potato. Why not also add canned beans, such as chickpeas or kidney beans for a different mouthfeel.

For inspiration, go to the homepage and click on ‘recipes’, then scroll down to ‘Mains’ where there is a selection of suitable recipes under ‘vegetarian’ for inspiration.

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It is always advisable to have about 3 different curries, one mild, medium, and one slightly spicier. Try a chicken korma, vegetable balti and lamb jalfrezi. Serve with Tilda Easy Cook Basmati rice and Tilda Traditional Mango Chutney.

For delicious recipes CLICK HERE.

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