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Rice and basa Tim cooked (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

basmati

'rice' is the definition.
(I know that basmati is a type of rice)

'basa tim cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'basa'+'tim'='basatim'
'basatim' with letters rearranged gives 'BASMATI'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for basmati that I've seen before include "Fragrant variety of rice" , "Type of long-grain rice" , "Fragrant type of rice" , "part of Indian order?" , "Type of long-grained rice" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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