Kalijira

A specialty rice from Bengal, kalijira is also known as govindabog. It’s small and fine, like a smaller basmati. We’ve only seen it polished, as white rice. (In Bangladesh we were told that the rice’s bran is black, not brown, hence its name: kali, from the goddess with a blackened face; and jira, the word for “cumin seed.”) See the recipe.