Sweet Black Rice Treat

Khao Neeo See Dum

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6 to 8

    for dessert or as a sweet snack
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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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