Basmati is one of the unique specialty rice varieties, which has been cultivated for centuries at the foot of the Himalayan mountain ranges. Basmati rice was a predominant constituent of the rich and royal menus. Basmati rice has a harmonious combination of defined kernel dimensions, appealing aroma, fluffy texture of cooked rice, high volume expansion during cooking, linear kernel elongation with minimum breadth-wise swelling, palatability, easy digestibility, and longer shelf-life (Singh et al. 1988).

In India, Basmati rice is primarily grown in the Indo-Gangetic region of the north-western region comprising the seven states Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu, and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, and 27 districts of western Uttar Pradesh.