Sweet sticky rice with Thai longans

Sticky rice with Thai longans

1 cup cooked sticky rice

4tbsp granulated sugar

200ml coconut milk

¾ cup water (you can use jasmine-flavoured water can be used to make it more aromatic, you can buy the jasmine flavour from any Thai supermarkets)

longans (you can buy them in a can from Thai supermarkets)

1)   Cook the sticky rice. The easiest way is cooking it in a microwave. Soak the sticky rice in warm water for 10 minutes in a bowl (this is important as if you do not soak the sticky rice in warm water the rice would not be properly cooked and not edible). Transfer the soaked sticky rice to a microwave proof container. Add 1 ¼ cup of water (the water has to cover the rice) and cook in high heat for 8 minutes. Stir thoroughly and cook in medium heat for 5 minutes. Stir and leave it aside.

2)   Pour the coconut milk into a pot and heat until it is boiled. Add 4tbsp sugar and 1/2 tsp jasmine water and stir occasionally until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat.

To serve, put some sticky rice on a plate, arrange some longans on the side and pour the coconut milk on top of the sticky rice.