Sticky Rice
By: Whitelotuscooks
Published: Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 10:23pm

Ingredients




2 cups sticky rice (also called sweet, or glutinous rice)
water

Preparation

1 In a large bowl, soak the rice in water for at least three hours (overnight if you can plan that far in advance). 2 When the rice is ready to cook, fill the pot with a couple inches of water and bring to a boil over high heat. 3 Pour the rice into the bamboo basket over a sink and let the soaking water drain. 4 Then, insert the basket of sticky rice into the pot and cover it with a lid. 5 About every 10 minutes, remove the basket from the pot and flip the rice over by shaking the basket so that it steams evenly. 6 In about 20 minutes the sticky rice is done. 7 If it's ready, the rice will be translucent, firm, and chewy. 8 Serve immediately. 9 Sticky rice can be refrigerated but it's best eaten fresh.

About


Sticky rice is insanely easy to cook. Besides buying the sweet rice, you will have to invest in a Thai bamboo steamer basket and accompanying pot. They are pretty inexpensive, you can purchase buy both for under $20 at most Thai/Lao stores.