![]() "We just want to appeal to the people not to go in panic-buying because if they stock it up in their basement, people who are actually in need of rice will not get it." We are trying to sell it in such a way that it reaches the maximum people and doesn't just end up in one person's home," said Parikh. "All the South Indian restaurants keep on asking me if I can supply them. Lemon Grill Indian Restaurant owner Suresh Varikuti, showing off a large pot of dosa and idli batter in Windsor, Ont. ![]() Some customers responded by showing up the next day and putting "15 to 17 bags in their carts."Ī sign in the store's rice aisle now informs customers they can only leave the store with two bags of rice. ![]() One of the main reasons why stock of idli rice is so hard to find is because some stores that sell it have restricted the number of bags customers can purchase at one time.Īs news of the ban spread on July 20, Namaste Indian Supermarket owner Parimal Parikh said panic ensued. I also tried using Instacart but I still can't find anything," he said. "I’m trying to buy 50 bags but I can’t find a single bag in Windsor. "We can't make dosas with basmati rice so definitely we need to stop the dosas and idlis," said Suresh Varikuti, owner of Lemon Grill Indian Restaurant in Windsor.Īccording to Varikuti, dosas and idlis make up 60 per cent of his business. Substituting idli rice for any other type of rice will result in the batter not fermenting properly. That batter is used to make idlis and dosas. Combined with lentils, idli rice is ground up into a mixture which ferments into a batter. One of the most hard-to-find types of rice right now is idli rice. ![]() ![]() However, that has resulted in the panic-buying of rice in stores across Canada. The owner of a South Indian restaurant in Windsor said he may have to remove or raise the prices of his most popular items - following India's move to ban the export of all non-basmati rice.Įarlier this month, the Indian government announced it would be making the move to keep domestic prices down and increase availability after rain and drought surged prices there. ![]()
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