Sticky Rice

Submitted by felicia822

"White rice, and fruit, topped with a mango sauce. I dessert created with leftover rice. Also available in my cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 cup instant rice
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
• water
• 1⁄3 cup condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon basil sugar (recipe below)
• 4 large strawberries (diced)
• 2 large kiwi (diced)
• 12 ounces mango nectar
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1⁄2 cup warm water

directions

1. 1. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add the rice and coconut milk and let it come to a boil. Stir constantly to prevent sticking.
2. 2. Add water a little at a time until rice is done and sticky.
3. 3. Once the rice become sticky add the condensed milk and basil sugar.
4. Basil Sugar.
5. ½ cup Granulated Sugar, ¼ cup Fresh Basil Leaves. Place basil and sugar in a food processor, and process until basil is very finely chopped and the sugar is fragrant and tinted green.
6. Mango Reduction
7. In a sauce pan heat and reduced by half 12 oz of mango nectar. Add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch to ½ cup of warm water and whisk to incorporate. Add the flour mixture to the mango nectar one teaspoon at a time until it thickens.
8. Serve the rice on a plate or in a bowl with the diced fruit on top, covered with the mango reduction.