Thuyamalli The name of this rice is that it looks like a jasmine bud when exposed to the rays. Thuyamalli is a type of rice that grows against insect attack and matures in an average of 140 days and is a traditional Tamil variety of rice. Today in our rice food, we eat polished rice which has no nutrients. Our ancestors said that food is medicine and medicine is food. Nutrients and medicinal properties are better in pure jasmine, let's eat our traditional food and get rich health.