"packet of rice" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing a specific quantity of rice that is packaged or contained within a wrapper, bag, or container. Example: "I bought a packet of rice from the grocery store to make dinner tonight."
At the curb, people sell watermelons, dragon fruit and packets of rice wrapped in leaves.
Every schoolchild in France gave small packets of rice, and it raised consciousness about Somalia throughout the country.
The most irritating cupboard lurkers are those packets of rice, couscous, pasta et al with not enough left in them to make a meal.
"We have sent packets of rice and sugar to the stranded," said Ravindra Prasad Singh, a state government official coordinating rescue work in Supaul.
In a village in the South Dagon district of Yangon, people living in huts built with coconut leaves said they had received only three packets of rice since the storm destroyed most of their village.
They are sleeping on the streets, on verandas and, if they are lucky, in packed tents or halls, where they find a roof over their head and minuscule packets of rice for sustenance.
Army lorries helped distribute them, and the National Assembly voted 10 billion francs for housing for the poor.The organisation to which the rich brought their jewellery, and ordinary people packets of rice and jars of jam, was still a strangely fluid affair.
Until then, we'll carry on handing out boxes of Cornflakes and packets of rice to those who need it.
Take a look in my kitchen cupboards and you'll find stacks of tinned tomatoes, chickpeas, and saag, next to 10 kilogram packets of rice and five liter bottles of corn oil.
Place packets of rice or silica gel sachets in your photo equipment cases.
