Thai Sticky Rice with Mango -The Easy Way!

This recipe for Thai Sticky Rice with Mango is just so delicious! It is the perfect combination of sticky rice, sweet coconut milk, and topped with fresh mangos. Perfect for a hot or cold dessert, breakfast, or a treat! 

This dish is for when you need that little bit of fresh sweetness in your day!....for yourself... 🙂 or for when you need to feed a large group of people, dessert!

This Thai Sticky Rice with Mango great dish if you need to feed a lot of friends and family as you can serve it in a large dish and scoop out what you need or you can scoop out individual servings and place them on muffin/cupcake wrappers and then people can take one or as many as they like.

The best part is that it can be served hot or cold...perfect for any time of the year!

A great dessert that doesn't take too many ingredients and it is a great dessert when Mangos are in season and are soft and full of that beautiful mango aroma and sweetness.

If it is not Mango season where you live...the next best thing is tinned Mango slices! They still have all the flavour and are already sliced...easy!

The only ingredients you need for Thai Sticky Rice with Mango:

• 2 cups coconut milk
• 4 pinches salt
• 2 cups glutinous rice
• 2 ½ cups of warm water
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 ripe mangoes

To make this delicious, easy without all the fuss ...here are 3 tips!!

There are two different ways of making Thai Sticky Rice with Mango - the traditional way with a steamer and muslin cloth and the easy way with....a microwave! 

• So the first tip to making this easy...is using the microwave!!
• The second tip to this recipe is to make sure that you use glutinous rice. This is called glutinous rice because is becomes sticky rice not because it has gluten in it. (so, yes it is gluten free!! :-))

• 
• 
• The third tip to this recipe is to make sure that you soak the rice. This is really important otherwise the rice wont be fluffy and it will be undercooked. I soak mine for a good four hours or overnight and then it doesn't take as long to cook. (I have soaked it for two hours once, when I was in a rush and it turned out well)
• 

How to make the sticky rice

• Start with soaking the glutinous rice for 3-4 hours or overnight with warm water. The rice should be in a bowl (a microwave bowl) and just covered with enough warm water to be just above the rice.
• Then cover the bowl with a plate/ dish and cook in microwave for 3 minutes on full power.
• Then stir the rice - and make sure to move the bottom rice to the top .  To know when the rice is ready the rice will become translucent. If the rice still has a white centre then it needs to be cooked again for another 3 minutes. Continue to check and stir every 3 minutes.
• 

How to make the sweet coconut milk

1. In a saucepan add in the coconut milk and heat on medium heat while stirring. Let the coconut milk simmer (don't boil it as it will curdle)
2. Add in the sugar and salt and then remove it from the heat.
3. Place the sticky rice into a square casserole dish and smooth out and then our the coconut milk over the hot sticky rice and let the rice absorb the liquid for about 5 minutes. let it cool.
4. If you wanted to serve it hot pour over ¾ of the coconut milk and then pour over the remainder when ready to serve and top with mango or
5. If you want it as a cool dessert, when it has cooled, cut it into squares  and add to muffin pans and top with fresh mango.

The perfect sweet dessert, breakfast or treat!

This Thai Sticky Rice with Mango is delicious, sweet, fresh, and easy to make...a great dessert for when you need to feed the masses or even just one or two (the recipe can be halved for when it is for just a few people.)

Enjoy 🙂

You might also like another mango recipe...

How to make Mango Salsa and Gluten-Free Fish Tacos!

🙂