Possible Clues:

• Sort of grain initially burst when one walked on one
• Indian variety of 17-Across
• Rice variety whose name means 'fragrant'
• A type of long grained rice
• Rice variety served with dal
• Fragrant rice
• Rice in biryani
• Part of an Indian degree student's first degree, note
• Am I bats about rice?
• It's dull splitting mostly plain type of rice