What is Bomba Rice?
Where Can I Buy Bomba Rice In South Africa?
Shoprite Southdale
Address: Southdale Mall, Cnr Alamein and Landsborough Rds, Southdale, Johannesburg, 2091, South Africa
Hours: Open ⋅ and close at 7 pm
Phone: +27 11 210 6600
Checkers Kyalami
Address: Halfway House, Cnr Pitts Avenue, Main And, Begonia Rd, Witpoort, 1684, South Africa
Hours: Open ⋅ and close at 8 pm
Phone: +27 11 799 7600
Pick n Pay Carlton Centre
Address: Shop 170, Carlton Centre, Cnr Marshall &, Von Wielligh St, Marshalltown, Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
Hours: Open ⋅ and close at 6 pm
Phone: +27 11 331 0051
Shoprite Esselen
Address: 300 Robert Sobukwe St, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Hours: Open ⋅ and close at 8 pm
Phone: +27 12 481 9340
What rice is similar to Bomba rice?
Calasparra rice is an excellent substitute if you can’t get your hands on bomba rice. Arborio Rice can work if you can’t get Bomba or Calasparra.
What is special about bomba rice?
Bomba is a type of rice prized for its starchy center, which can absorb three times its volume in cooking liquid.
Its hardness and structure do not break down easily, however, so it cooks to distinct separate grains, never sticky or mushy. Grown in wetlands south of Valencia, bomba matures very slowly.
How long is Bomba rice good for?
12 months