Long-Grain

Long-grain rice is not a strain of rice, but a descriptive term for the size of the rice grains — the grains are three to five times as long as they are wide. Long-grain rice has slender grains that stay separate and fluffy after cooking, so this is the best choice if you want to serve rice as a side dish, or as a bed for sauces. A good all-purpose rice, it may also be sold as Texmati, Calrose and Patna.