'Sticky Rice' Recipes and Food

Sticky Rice

Recipes and Food from Laos.

Mark (67.34.19.87) -

Cooking Laos Sticky Rice

Sticky Rice is the preferred rice for Laos and northern Thailand. Sticky Rice is best serve with Classic Thai / Lao Hot Sauce and Lap Lao Beef.

You must serve at least one of the sticky rice dipping sauces when you serve sticky rice:

It is traditionally eaten with your hands. The rice should not stick to your fingers when properly cooked. If the rice sticks to your hands, next time, reduce the cooking time because each crop of rice is different.

When purchasing sticky rice, make sure the label states "Glutinous" and that the rice is a product of Thailand.

How to cook Sticky Rice:

1. Rinse the glutinous rice several times to remove any debris.

2. Soak the rice in luke warm water for at least 4 hours or over night.

3. Pour soaked rice into a bamboo steaming basket. If there are any left over sticky rice, separate them into little pieces and dropped on top of the soaked rice. Cover the rice with a lid.

4. Add 2 inches of water into the steaming pot.

5. Place the bamboo steaming basket into the pot.

6. Once the water boils, start cooking time for 20 minutes.

7. Carefully remove the steaming basket from the pot and flip the rice.

8. Cook for another 5 minutes.

9. Mix the rice thoroughly.

10. Serve sticky rice in a bamboo basket.

Reply #1 Stuart Tahua (210.5.254.58) -

I don't have to inject new message on Laos Recipes and food, but

the point i wishe to raise here, is the demand for rice in our country,

In this regard, does it possible for you to export rice to our country ?

Wait out for you respond.

Thank you,

yours

Stuart Tahua

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