
Khao Tom Mad - Thai Sticky Rice Dessert
Thai dessert of sweet coconut sticky rice wrapped around banana in banana leaves and steamed. Author: Regina | Leelalicious.
⏱️ Prep: 15 min🍳 Cook: 75 min
Ingredients
| 1 2/3 cups | 400 ml | sweet glutinous or sticky rice |
| 2 cups | 480 ml | coconut cream |
| 4 tbsp | 60 ml | sugar |
| pinch | salt | |
| 4 | small bananas, halved | |
| 8 | pieces banana leaf (or aluminium foil, 6" x 10") |
Instructions
Preparing the rice:
- Soak the rice in water overnight.
- Combine coconut cream, sugar and salt in a separate bowl.
- Drain the rice and place into a non-stick pan.
- On low heat slowly add the coconut cream mixture while stirring with a wooden spoon.
- Keep stirring over simmering heat until the rice is tender and all of the coconut milk is absorbed. This may take up to one hour, be patient.
- Let the rice cool.
Wrapping:
- Put a small amount of rice on a banana leaf or piece of foil.
- Place half a banana on top.
- Cover with more rice.
- Fold up the leaf and tie securely (not necessary when using foil).
- Repeat until all bananas are used up.
- Steam the little packages for 15 minutes in a steamer.