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Janet

In article >, cshenk1
@cox.net says...
>
> Janet wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> That is definatley one way to do it. There are much simpler methods
> used however.
>
> If it helps, 'sticky rice' generally is a short or medium grain rice.
> The 'sweet' is faint but there in some culivars.

Short grain rice is common in UK, called "pudding rice"; but it
doesn't work well in the recipe above. Sticky rice is the way to go.

Janet UK