Purple Sticky Rice With Mango

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• coconut sauce:
• 1/2 cup light coconut milk
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• rice:
• 1 cup black sticky rice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup light coconut milk
• 1/4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut, divided
• 2 mangos, sliced into lengthwise strips

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• whisk 1/2 cup coconut milk, sugar, and salt together in a bowl until sugar dissolves and coconut sauce is smooth.
• combine rice, water, 1/4 cup coconut milk, and 1 tablespoon shredded coconut in a saucepan over medium heat; simmer, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. decrease heat to low and cook until rice is sticky and soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
• pour 1/2 of the coconut sauce over rice; stir and fluff with a fork. add remaining coconut sauce to rice mixture and stir well. remove saucepan from heat and let stand until most of the liquid is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
• cook and stir remaining shredded coconut in a skillet over medium-low heat until lightly toasted, about 5 minutes.
• ladle about 1/2 cup rice mixture into each serving bowl or plate. arrange 4 to 5 slices mango on each serving; sprinkle toasted coconut over mango.