Tiny Kalijira Rice

In Calcutta ten years ago, we were introduced to a princely rice known as govindabhog. In Bangladesh it’s known as kalijira, and it’s now sold under that name in North America. It is a polished white long-grain rice, but on a miniature scale, like a baby basmati. It has a delicate slightly sweet flavor. In Calcutta we only ever had it cooked the lots-of-w