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Kind of rice; a bit ma's cooked (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

basmati

'kind of rice' is the definition.
(basmati is a type of rice)

'a bit ma's cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'a'+'bit'+'mas'='abitmas'
'abitmas' with letters rearranged gives 'BASMATI'.

(Other definitions for basmati that I've seen before include "Kind of long-grained rice" , "Variety of long-grained rice" , "Fragrant long-grain rice" , "Long-grain rice variety" , "Fragrant variety of rice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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