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(Sweet Black Rice) Because Thais don't really have a dessert tradition, this simple black rice dish with coconut milk is most commonly eaten as a sweet snack or for breakfast it also, however, makes a wonderful end to a meal. Recently available in North America, black glutinous rice is unpolished, so it is quite chewy, like brown rice. Thais make a more tender dish by combining the black rice with white sticky rice. As the rices soak together before steaming, the white rice takes on color from the black to become a beautiful dark purple. Ingredients:
1 cup thai black (glutinous) rice |
1 cup thai long-grain sticky (glutinous) rice |
1 1/2 cups well-stirred canned unsweetened coconut milk (about 12 ounces) |
4 tablespoons palm sugar or firmly packed brown sugar |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
accompaniments: slices of peach, mango, star fruit, or other soft acid-sweet fruit |
Directions:
1. Soak and steam black rice and sticky rice together, following procedures in recipe for Sticky Rice .
2. While rice is steaming, in a small saucepan heat coconut milk, sugar, and salt over low heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved. Keep sauce warm, covered.
3. Transfer steamed rice to a bowl and immediately pour warm sauce over it, stirring gently. Let rice mixture stand covered, at room temperature at least 30 minutes and up to 3 hours for rice to absorb sauce and flavors to blend. Do not chill mixture or it will dry out and harden.
4. Serve rice with fruit.
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