Basmati Rice Deals & Offers

Had this in my basket for recent delivery - checked out fine, then received a note saying out of stock when the other items were delivered. Great price though!

£10 for 10kg of Basmati rice in Lidl, thats 20% cheaper

But Laila was my life :(

£5.5 in Amazon Fresh.

£11 in asda what the hell with the price of basmati rice :( :( :( (skeptical) is it because of the bouncy plastic rice:/

i think you meant its a chines plastic plastmati rice...yuck

Bought it and I really regret .... not good in my opinion. I'm a basmati lover and this rice just doesn't cook/taste like basmati

Hi my name is M we used Tilda for many years then went into a Nepalese shop and found different varieties to try. I have found this to be as good as the Tilda and Kohinoor.

Other day ordered basmati rice with 30% discount for new customers from Ocado and it works out cheaper with better brand.

You'll see I said that I didn't make it cold!

Yep, cold repost

I posted this not so long ago https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/kohinoor-extra-fine-basmati-rice-10-for-10kg-asda-2891239 -:)

Don't know wat to do, no stock near me, 2 weeks back same deal was posted and I ordered twice but asda cancelled at last minute

I prefer black minesota rice

Hot, I’d buy a few bags and keep them as rice gets better with age

Yes, it's brown

Good deal but you can also pick up 1kg of long grain brown rice from Aldi for 99p (so don't worry if you'be missed out on this deal!)

thanks very much kate ill expire (y)

price risen now

yes it is different i find it a harder grain i have it with chicken or a curry

Laila, badshah, dawah, etc are rubbish quality rice. Best one is Kohinoor basmati rice, very very expensive but worth every penny. Second best is Tilda basmati rice which again expensive, You get what you pay for

Do you mean it ? lol :)

Cold soo expensive

Which offer

White Pearl is always best, buy when on offer.

Thsts really good

Grocery store why,,?????

From :)

I get 11kg for £16.00 1kg extra

1 k for £1 in b&m and home bargains

That's why you're supposed to rinse rice 1st before cooking, lmfao (lol) (lol) (lol)

one of the best rice

Purchased this once a few years back and it came out very mushy. Seems to need to be cooked very differently in terms of how much water you add compared to our usual brand Laila. Maybe worth the saving for those prepared to experiment and learn how best to cook it. I'll stick to brands I trust.

I've been using this rice for over 5 years and tried others in between but always come back to this. I purchased this from Amazon on Wednesday and it arrived on Friday.

"With great rice, comes great ricespicability." 8)

I got sankey last time when asda had a blended type mind u this time it doesn't say in the main headline basmati

in that case, will try pilau/savoury rice and if not tasty will use for kheer/rice pudding- yummy with carton of cream. win win

Title needs to be amended. Rice blend not pure basmati.

Or Badshah Basmati Rice in Asda £5.50 for 5Kg... https://groceries.asda.com/product/rice/badshah-basmati-rice/60086606

Thx that's v important to know. Saved me a wasted trip to Morrison's.

Even after updating the computer to the very state of the art in processing-ability, it took almost 45 seconds for it to stop spluttering with laughter when asked about "privellege" Its answer is probably not one that you'd care to hear.

So you like to pay for the 'privellege' of purchasing from a crap online retailer.... I've had Prime membership in the past. Would definitely not pay for it now.

I've just run some of the above comments through the latest cloud-based supercomputer. It has paraphrased them as "I will express my burning-envy of Amazon Prime members by pretending to make a moral stand" Who knew?

Yeah I avoid Amazon whenever I can now as beyond all their well publicised dodgy corporate tax affairs they now also seem to have taken the decision to screw their customers whenever they can.

Please do not sponsor Amazon if Tesco is doing it. Amazon treat our children like slaves.. 55 hour/week! Would you like your grandchildren to work like that??? Amazon wanted to charge £2 on top of my asking price and the buyer was to pay £17 and then gave me peanut after taking the hefty commission. In the end, I asked the buyer to buy via fleabay and she ended up paying less than £17 and I earned 30p on top of the Amazon price! Very greedy. Also, the flour I was ordered went from 6.79 to 7.49 overnight. I was NOT amused.

:D thanks OP, great price heat added.

Every grain is an Indian jewel. That's what I heard

Hot for price...no idea of quality though.

If your rice is ending up mushy have you tried using Sella basmati rice? Sella is supposedly better for biryani cooking than ordinary basmati. We keep both in our kitchen (though as a pulau fan over biryani I dont really see the need for Sella as much as the mrs)

Totally agree plus laila rice seems to have a very small time window when cooking between being bitty, cooked and mushy

I prefer Kohinoor and Tilda, I find them way better than this Laila rice which seems to have an odd smell

Tilda is the best. Follow by Kohinoor Platinum, but you don't get Kohinoor Platinum range at most places now a days.

£1/kg used to be the going rate for decent non premium brands (Tilda/White Pearl/Zebra).....you could get inferior brands more cheaply. BUT that hasn't been the case for many months now. Inferior brands or the longgrain substitutes packed under a basmati brand name are still occasionally available for around £1/kg but Laila generally isn't. Of the various brands we've tried Laila hits th he sweet spot in terms of price and quality. If I had money to burn I would only buy one of the premium products I mentioned in my first sentence but they don't warrant the price when we find Laila gives us as good results at a significantly cheaper price. Having tried some other cheap supermarket brands we now avoid them. My wife is Singaporean so there is a lot of rice consumed in this house