Rice cooker grain shape, and grain composition. There are three main types of Asian rice: "Oryza sativa" subsp. indica, i.e., Indian rice (long grain rice, e.g., basmati rice and Thai jasmine rice), "O. sativa subsp. javanica", i.e., Java rice (large grain rice) and "O. sativa subsp. japonica", i.e., Japanese rice (medium grain rice, e.g., Calrose rice, short grain rice, e.g., most Japanese rice and risotto rice). African rice, "Oryza glaberrima", is an entirely separate species, but can be cooked in the same way. Zizania is not even in the same genus, although it is often called a rice (or "water oats"); it
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