Mango Season, Hot Dessert this Summer

A Lovely Sweet Sticky Rice With Fresh Mangoes

Mango with sticky rice is served with sweet coconut cream. This is Thailand's most well known dessert. Thai Mango Sticky Sweet Rice Dessert (Khao Niaow Ma Muang) is an absolute must try! This recipe is foolproof and even budding chefs with two left hands come off smelling mango sweet. This easy Thai dessert starts with Thai sweet sticky rice which is surrounded / topped by coconut milk, then serve with slices of fresh mango. Mmmmm!

To start with a mango that's nice and ripe, with a slight give to the touch.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup "sticky rice"
• 1 ripe mango, cut into bite-size pieces (look for mangos that should be bright and yellow)
• 1/2 can coconut milk
• 2-3 Tbsp. sugar
• pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds

Cooking Instructions For the Sweet Rice:

• Rinse the rice. Soak it in water for 30 minutes.
• Drain some of the water, leave 1/4 inch of water remaining on top of rice cook for about 10-14 minutes.
• Mix sugar and 1/2 can coconut milk and stir until sugar dissolves.
• Pour this sauce over the rice and coat completely.
• Cover, and let stand for 20 minutes and serve at room temperature.

Rice Cooking Tip: Don't worry if the rice still seems a little undercooked when the water is gone. Just remove the pot from the heat, place the lid on tight, and leave to "steam" cook for 10-15 minutes. The heat within the rice pot will finish cooking the rice.

Cooking Instructions For the topping Coconut Suace:

Mix sugar and remaining 1/2 can coconut milk and stir until sugar dissolves. Add salt and put all ingredients in a saucepan. Stir well. Cook over low heat and stir constantly until just boiling, then turn off heat.



Slice mangos into bite size pieces...

Note: Peel the mangoes carefully so as not to bruise the fruit. Slice in half as close to the seed as possible, then slice each half into 1/2-in (1-cm) slices.

Put the sticky rice and mangoes on a serving dish. Pour the topping sauce over the sticky rice and sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds. Enjoy!