Name: Thai Soft Sweet Sticky Rice in Banana Leaf
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes: 8 bundles
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 3 cups unsweetened fresh or canned coconut milk*; 2 green cardamom pods; 1 tablespoon rose water (optional); 2 cups long-grain Thai sticky rice (long-grain, sweet glutinous rice); 4 cups water; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅓ cup sugar; 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds; kitchen twine; 1 package frozen banana leaves, thawed*; 2 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced

Preparation info

Makes:
8 bundles

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

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It is said that this rice was used by a traveler to sustain him on his journey to visit Buddha, and that when he got there, all he had to offer Buddha was the leftover rice. Since then, it has been traditionally used as an offering at religious festivals. It is somewhat similar in this respect to the Kanu Festival rice in India that is made with coconut flakes. In China this rice is made with peanuts, shitake mushrooms and lily blossoms. I like to mak

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