Basmati rice prices, compared
Basmati is the one item where Indian grocers beat the supermarkets by the widest margin, and where pack size changes the maths completely. We read the live price at every Indian grocer that delivers to your city and show them side by side — pack size, price per kilo and a link straight to the shop.
What to check before you buy
- Typical pack sizes
- 1kg, 5kg, 10kg and 20kg bags
- Brands usually stocked
- India Gate, Daawat, Fortune, Lal Qilla, Zebra
- Also searched as
- basmati, long grain rice, aged basmati
Older, aged basmati costs more and cooks firmer. Compare the price per kilo rather than the bag price — a 20kg sack is usually the cheapest way to buy it, but only if you have somewhere dry to keep it.
How this comparison works
- You type an item — say “basmati rice 5kg” — and pick your city.
- We query every shop that can actually deliver to that city, at that moment.
- Each listing is matched to what you asked for, then ranked by real unit price in code.
- You get the price, the pack size, the photo and a link to the shop's own page.
A shop we can't read at that moment is left out rather than guessed at. Nothing on this page is sponsored.
Questions people ask
Where is basmati rice cheapest in Australia?
It changes. DesiPrice reads each shop's own catalogue at the moment you search, so the cheapest shop is whichever one is cheapest right now — and a shop that wins today may not win next week. That is why there is no price printed on this page: run the search and you will see today's numbers with the link straight to the shop.
How do you compare different pack sizes of basmati rice?
By unit price. A 5kg bag at $16 and a 10kg bag at $29 are not "two dollars apart" — they are $3.20/kg against $2.90/kg, and the bigger bag wins. Every listing we return carries the pack size taken from the shop's own product title and a price per kilo or litre worked out in code, never estimated.
Does DesiPrice sell basmati rice?
No. We do not hold stock, take payment or deliver anything. A search shows you which Australian Indian grocers have the item, what they charge and a direct link to their own product page, where you buy it the normal way.