Prep time: 2 mins
Cooking time: 45-60 mins
Ingredients
Serves: 4
Try this recipe with
Light Soy Sauce
Coconut Sticky Rice
This delicious rice accompaniment will go with countless Oriental dishes - from curries to stir fries.
Preparation:
- With your hands, or with a piece of kitchen towel, rub oil over the bottom of a deep-sided saucepan. It will need a tight fitting lid.
- Place the rice, coconut milk, water, and salt in the saucepan. Place the saucepan on the cooker over medium to high heat. Stir well.
- Continue to stir occasionally until the coconut milk & water come to a gentle boil (stirring will keep the rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot and burning).
- Once the coconut milk and water mixture has begun to bubble, stop stirring. Turn down the heat to medium-low (around 2.5 on the dial). Place the lid so that the saucepan is at least 3/4 covered.
- Allow the rice to cook in this way for 15-20 minutes, or until the rice has absorbed most of the coconut milk and water mixture.
- Now turn off the heat, but leave the pot on the cooker. Cover the saucepan tightly with the lid and allow to sit 5-10 minutes, or until the rest of your dinner is ready (the rice will "steam" and have a nice, slightly sticky texture). When ready to eat, remove the lid and "fluff" rice with a fork or chopsticks, gently loosening it in the saucepan. Serve.
Useful tip:
If you leave the lid on the rice once it has cooked, it will stay warm for up to 1 hour.