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Mappillai Samba Rice Tirunelveli, Tamil NaduRice

South India

Mappillai Samba Rice

A deep red, semi-polished heirloom rice with a pleasantly chewy texture and earthy sweetness. Excellent as a daily staple for iron-deficient diets.

Sourced from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu · South India
380/ 1 kg
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— Why this rice

  • 3.4 mg iron per 100 g — exceptional for a grain
  • Red bran anthocyanins with antioxidant activity
  • Low GI, high fibre heirloom variety
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— Full Dossier —

Everything about this rice.

The Warriors' Rice of Tamil Nadu

Once fed to bridegrooms to demonstrate strength (Mappillai = bridegroom), this red-bran, iron-rich rice is being revived by farmers like Krishnamurthy P. who returned from the city to grow it on his ancestral land.

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