Thai Black Sticky Rice

Thai black sticky rice is a beautiful unmilled rice. When cooked, it’s a little chewy (like brown rice) and not at all sticky, because the black rice bran means the grains stay separate, almost like wild rice in texture. You can cook black sticky rice just as you cook white sticky rice, by soaking and steaming. (See Sweet Black Rice Treat, for a traditional sweet version of black rice.) Though we have never seen black rice served as a savory dish in T