Chokowa (soft rice): This is another class of rice used for instant preparations.
Similar class of rice is also not known in other parts of the world. Its preparations are
very popular in community feasts and festivals in Assam. Komol chaol (soft rice) are
prepared from this class of rice by boiling paddy followed by one drying and then
dehusking them is very common and popular in rural Assam. This preparation can be
preserved for quite long time and can be consumed instantly by soaking the rice either
in cold or hot water for a brief period of time and then consumed with sugar or
molasses, milk or curd and even with salts and oils and pickles. These preparations
seem to be useful for sailors, travelers, mountaineers, defense personal etc. However,
not much has been done so far either in research or popularizing them elsewhere in
the country. Rice powders and flake rice prepared from chokowa rice are very tasty
and preferred by the local people of the area. Thus this class of rice is metaphorically
termed as “magical rice” as it becomes ready to use just by soaking and it has a great
demand in the domestic as well as foreign market.