Name: Sweet Black Rice Treat (Khao Neeo See Dum)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8 for dessert or as a sweet snack
Cuisine: Thailand
Ingredients: ½ cup palm sugar or substitute brown sugar; 1 cup long-grain Thai sticky rice, soaked with the black rice; Slices of Fresh peach, mango, starfruit, kiwi, or other soft tart-sweet fruit; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 cups canned coconut milk; 1 cup Thai black rice, soaked for 12 to 24 hours in plenty of water

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8
for dessert or as a sweet snack

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Seductions of Rice

By Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

Published 1998

About

From Thailand to Bali, wherever there is black rice, it seems to be prepared with coconut milk and palm sugar to make desserts, snacks, and breakfast treats.

This simple treat is easy to prepare and makes a wonderful dessert. Since Thais don’t really have a dessert tradition, it is most commonly eaten as a sweet snack or for breakfast. The black rice is mixed with white sticky rice and soaked overnight. It is then quickly steamed before being bathed in coconut milk sweetened with pa