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Janet

In article >,
says...
> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:48:02 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Dinner tonight... Jan.8
> From: dsi1 >
>
> On Friday, January 12, 2018 at 12:41:58 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> >
> > Ok... you are in Hawaii and don't know sweet rice? WOW.
> >
> > No, you do NOT have to cook it in coconut milk. It is a sticky rice so
> > yes, it will 'glump' as it is supposed to do that.
> >
> > It's most common use is sushi for exactly that 'glump' factor.
>
> I do know what sweet rice is, I just call it mochi rice. It's the rice that you can get in Thai restaurants. They call it "sticky" rice.

I was taught to make coconut sticky rice by a Thai friend. She was a
wonderful cook.

A mugful of the kind of Thai rice that's called sticky rice. (No
substitutes will do)

Wash it in a sieve then cover it well with water and let it soak for a
few hours (overnight is fine). Then drain the rice and steam it. I don't
have a rice steamer so I cook it in the sieve above boiling water under
a lid. (about 20 mins, test to see if it's cooked)

While it's cooking tip a can of coconut milk into a pan, add a pinch
of salt and 2 tablespoons of white sugar. Gently heat it stirring
until the sugar dissolves into the milk. When the rice is cooked, empty
the water pan and put the rice in it. Now stir/ mix in the coconut milk,
cover pan with lid, turn off the heat and let it stand until the rice
has magically absorbed all the coconut milk. No lumps.
Song always served this with sliced raw mango. Heaven.

Janet uk