Sticky rice with fruit
You can't have a trip to Thailand without trying this simple yet powerful dessert. It is most commonly found in restaurants with mango, and while that is delicious, how about trying some different fruit options when you make it at home yourself?
Ingredients
- 1 cup sticky rice or long grain white rice
- 2 tbsp sugar or palm sugar
- ½ cup coconut milk
- 1-2 Pandan leaves or use 1 tsp vanilla
- 1-2 ripe mangoes or fruit like lychee, papaya, dragon fruit
Instructions
Sticky rice
- Rinse 1 cup of rice in water until water is clear
- Soak rice in water for 1 to 3 hours
- Steam rice until cooked and tender by one of the following methods:
- RICE COOKER: Drain the rice and place in a rice cooker. Add ¾ cup water for every 1 cup of water. Cook until soft and tender; OR
- STOVE TOP: Add rice to 1 ¾ - 2 cups of water in a pot. Boil on high. Continuously stir and allow rice to become tender. Do not boil away all moisture from the rice
Coconut cream
- Heat the coconut milk with pandan leaves (or vanilla) in a pot over medium heat
- Stir constantly. Let the coconut milk simmer
- Add sugar and stir constantly to prevent burning
- Remove from heat. Pour the coconut milk over the hot sticky rice and mix together thoroughly
- Let it stand for 10 - 15 minutes to let the rice to absorb the coconut milk
- Add a large scoop of sticky rice to a bowl or dish and add slices of fresh mango or fruit of your choice