Rice is a member of the grass family and is related to other grass plants such as wheat, oats and barley which produce grain for food. These are known as cereals. Rice is an annual plant, which means it completes its entire life cycle within a year.
Rice plants start their life as tiny rice grains sown in irrigated fields, and grow to become green, grassy plants about one meter tall. Each plant contains many heads full of tiny rice grains which turn golden when the rice plant is ready to harvest.
Source:
The Workbook Series - Rice Book, Kondinin Group 2000
Ricegrowers Limited - Sunrice
WITHIN RICE
RICE MILLING
Rice is harvested from rice plant in form of seed called paddy, consisting of husk, bran, germ and starch. This starch part is what we consume as rice.
To get from paddy to rice needed to pass through several steps:
Source: www.bernas.com.my/process.htm
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