Suitable for table rice. A bit sticky. Suitable for preparing sweet halwa.
Sivappu Kowni (Raw Rice) / சிவப்பு கவுனி (பச்சரிசி) - 500g
₹75.00Price
It is high in potassium, zinc, and phosphorus. Very high in iron, calcium and magnesium.
Nutritional
Content
Raw
Sivappu Kowni (per 100 g)*
Modern
Varieties
(per 100 g)**
Calcium (mg)
21.20
8.11
Iron (mg)
2.30
0.72
Magnesium (mg)
32.30
26.72
Zinc (mg)
1.60
1.08
Protein (g)
8.07
7.94
Carbohydrate (g)
77.11
78.24
Traditional Rice Varieties of Tamil Nadu: A sourcebook by A.V.Balasubramanian, K.Vijayalakshmi, K.Parimala, Subhashini Sridhar, K.Subramanian, and R.Manigandan. Published by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS), Chennai. November 2019.
Indian Food Composition Tables by T.Longvah, R.Ananthan, K.Bhaskarachary, and K.Venkaiah. Published by National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Hyderabad. 2017.