Mango sticky rice is a traditional Thai dessert made with glutinous rice, coconut milk, and fresh mango. It is eaten with hands and can also be made with pineapple or banana. Leftovers can be refrigerated and reheated.
Mango sticky rice is a summer dessert made with sticky rice and fresh mango. It is a traditional Thai food eaten with hands. Glutinous rice, commonly called sticky rice, is traditionally steamed before being mixed with coconut milk. A mango is peeled and sliced and then placed on a plate with the coconut sticky rice. After that, it is eaten by rolling the rice with the fingers and picking mango slices. Leftovers can be placed in the refrigerator, but should be reheated and eaten within a day for the best flavor and texture.
To cook the rice, the rice is soaked for at least an hour, although some people soak the sticky rice overnight. The rice is then steamed for about 20 minutes using a steamer. Sticky rice is cooked when it is reasonably sticky, no longer crunchy and translucent in color. Once done, the rice can be mixed with coconut milk, placed directly on a plate with the mango, and allowed to cool until safe to eat with your hands.
Some people use a microwave to cook mango sticky rice. First, the rice is steeped in a bowl of hot water to prepare it for cooking. Next, the microwaveable bowl is placed in the microwave for three minutes. Sticky rice should be stirred and checked to see if it is done at three minute intervals. The cooking time depends on the power of the microwave and the amount of sticky rice in the bowl.
To put the mango into the sticky rice, the fruit is sliced or elegantly cut into small pieces without breaking it. In fact, some cooks put more effort into cutting mangoes than cooking rice. A ripe mango is easy to cut and relatively sweet without being overwhelming.
Mango sticky rice is traditionally eaten with the hands. The rice sticks together and then rolls easily into balls. For people who didn’t grow up eating sticky rice by hand, it may be less of a chore to use a spoon or fork.
Other versions of this dessert replace the mango with pineapple or banana. Sometimes the pineapple is grilled or the plantain is fried. These fruits are much sweeter than a mango and significantly change the dessert.
If the mango sticky rice was mixed with coconut milk, it will have more moisture than normal. The moisture allows the rice to be stored in the refrigerator without becoming hard. It can be heated in the microwave and then eaten with leftover mango, pineapple or banana.
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