Thai Sticky Rice With Mangoes

Total Time: 4 hrs 34 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs 9 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 large mango, very ripe
• 1 cup glutinous rice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1 tablespoon unbleached cane sugar
• 1 dash salt
• sesame seeds (optional)

Recipe

• 1 rinse and soak glutinous rice for a minimum of 4 hours.
• 2 using a traditional thai rice steamer boil water in metal basin.
• 3 wrap soaked and drained rice in cheesecloth and place in bamboo portion of steamer, cover with the lid to a 3 quart sauce pan so as to trap most of the steam.
• 4 set timer for 25 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, peel and slice mangoes vertically off of the central pit.
• 6 cut widthwise into several pieces.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 in a small saucepan heat coconut milk, sugar and salt over low heat until hot. do not allow to boil or the coconut milk may curdle.
• 9 reserve a scant 1/4 cup of the milk mixture.
• 10 when rice is finished steaming remove from cheesecloth and place into saucepan holding coconut milk mixture, breaking up rice to fully soak in milk.
• 11 allow to sit for no longer than 5 minutes.
• 12 serve immediately using reserved coconut milk mixture to drizzle over rice and sesame seeds to sprinkle on top. serve mangoes atop rice or beside.