I have gotten into Splenda and I do really like it. I have used Equal over the years but I like Splenda better. I also use the brown sugar Splenda.
I'll have to try the brown basmatti rice. We didn't use to eat rice as my DH was in Viet Nam where they ate rice 3 times a day and he came home with a healthy dislike of rice!! But he has been eating the Steamers I buy and one of them is a rice and broccoli with a cheese sauce so he is liking rice better now.
My daughter does a cashew chicken over rice I really like. I haven't made that in a long time.