Bali: The Online Travel Guide
Food - Black rice pudding.

"Definitely Robyn's favorite, black rice pudding makes an exotic desert for dinner parties, and will leave your guests well satisfied."

Recipe for black rice pudding.

This simple and tasty recipe may be prepared as a desert, breakfast or just as a snack.

Ingredients...

1/2 cup of black glutinous rice (see below).
1/3 cup of white glutinous rice (Asian variety).
1 or 2 pandan leaves (may be omitted).
3 cups of water.
1/4 cup of palm sugar (white sugar is OK).
1/4 cup of water.
1 cup of thick coconut cream (canned is OK).
 

Method...

Mix the black and white glutinous rice, and rinse under running water to remove starch.
 
Place the rice, the pandan leaves and 3 cups of water into a heavy pan and simmer, stirring occasionally. The mixture will turn a deep purple color while cooking!
 
Meanwhile, chop the 1/4 cup of palm sugar, and add it to the 1/4 cup of water. Bring the ingredients to a boil, and simmer for about 5 minutes to make a syrup.
 
When the rice has simmered for about 30 minutes, add the palm sugar syrup to the cooked rice, and continue to simmer gently until most of the liquid has evaporated. Be careful that the mixture does not boil dry. The rice and syrup will now be a dark purple color.
 
Allow rice to cool before serving.
 
Serve portions of the cooled black rice pudding drizzled with coconut cream. Garnish with slices of banana.
 
Enjoy!
 
Note: The ingredients for this recipe may be purchased from Asian foodstores or from the Asian section of most larger supermarkets. Black rice is not the same as "wild rice", which may not be substituted. Black rice sold in western supermarkets is often from Thailand - this is OK. Pandan leaves may be the most difficult ingredient to source, but they may be omitted. Palm sugar may be purchased in blocks or jars (often from Thailand).

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