Mangoes With Sticky Rice
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This classic Thai dessert combines fresh mangoes with coconut milk and sticky (or glutinous)
rice. The latter may be bought in any Asian food store.
Cover 250 g of sticky rice with water and soak overnight. Drain the rice and cook in a steamer
for 45 minutes (line the top of the steamer with cheesecloth or, at a pinch, a tea-towel and spread
the rice out in it). Then pack the rice into a bowl firmly, pressing it down. In a saucepan, simmer
together 700 ml thick coconut milk, 100 g sugar and a pinch of salt for about 5 minutes, stirring
from time to time. Pour half over the rice then refrigerate for at least an hour. Peel and slice as
many medium-sized ripe mangoes as will provide half a mango per serving. Turn the rice-cake out of
the bowl and slice it thickly Serve each slice with a fan of mango and spoon over the remaining
sweet coconut milk. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Yield: 4
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