Pandan Sticky Rice using a Rice Cooker (Nấu xôi lá dứa bằng nồi cơm điện) Recipe

 

Ingredients

Pandan Sticky Rice

2 cups Pandan Juice

1 cup Coconut Milk

1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt

1 tsp. Sugar

3 1/2 cups Sweet Rice (soak in water overnight)

Mung Bean topping

1/3 cup Mung Bean

1 cup Pandan Juice

1 tsp. Coconut Milk

Sesame Seeds topping

1/4 cup Sesame Seeds

2 tsp. Sugar

1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt

crushed Peanuts

Make some Pandan Juice using Pandan Leaves and Water.  You’ll need about 3 cups Pandan Juice. 

Pour 2 cups Pandan Juice into a bowl.  Add 1 cup Coconut Milk.  Add 1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt.  Add 1 tsp. Sugar.  Mix and add in 3 1/2 cups Sweet Rice (soak in water overnight and drain out next day). Mix well and let it sit for 30 minutes. 

After 30 minutes, line the rice cooker with some pandan leaves.  Pour in the sweet rice and let it cook in the rice cooker. When it’s done, open the rice cooker and toss the sweet rice.  Then close the rice cooker, let it sit in there for another 15 minutes.  After 15 minutes, it’s ready to serve.  

To make a mung bean topping.  Soak 1/3 cup Mung Bean in water.  Drain out the water and pour into a small pot.  Add 1 cup Pandan Juice with 1 tsp. Coconut Milk mixture.  Cook using low heat.  Once the water has been absorbed, remove from heat.  

Sprinkle the Mung Bean on top of the Sticky Rice. 

To make the Sesame seeds topping.  Toast 1/4 cup Sesame seeds.   Then mix with 2 tsp. Sugar, 1/2 tsp. Kosher Salt and some crushed Peanuts. Mix well and place on top of Sticky Rice before serving.