Description
A popular Vietnamese breakfast dish, featuring sweet sticky rice dyed purple with magenta leaves. Steamed with coconut milk and sugar, it’s topped with freshly grated coconut, toasted sesame seeds, roasted peanuts, sugar, and salt for a deliciously sweet and nutty flavor.
Ingredients
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Rice
- 3 cups glutinous rice
- 1 cup La Cam juice (or 3 drops of purple food coloring gel)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Coconut Milk/Sugar Mixture
- 1/3 cup coconut milk
- 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
Topping
- 1/3 cup raw peanuts
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 3 tablespoons granulated white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- Prepare the Rice: (rinse a few times with cold water and then soak overnight. Re-rinse the soaked rice in cold water then drain dry.
- Add La Cam Juice: In a medium bowl, combine rice, La Cam juice (or food coloring) and salt. Mix until combined and set aside for 15 minutes to allow the rice to soak up the juice until it’s a beautiful and vibrant purple.
- Steam the Rice: Steam the rice for about 15 minutes. You can pour the rice directly into the steamer so that the excess La Cam juice drips down into the steamer.
- Add Coconut Mixture: In a small bowl, mix together coconut milk and sugar (1/3 cup). Once the rice is fully cooked, slowly add the coconut milk and sugar mixture into the rice and toss lightly until evenly coated. Steam for 10 more minutes.
- Toast dry sesame seeds: Wash in water and then drain dry. It might be tough washing the small sesame seeds but it really helps to bring out the roasted flavor. Toast dry in a frying pan until lightly brown and aromatic.
- Toast dry peanuts: Toast dry in a frying pan, remove peel if needed after toasting, then pulse in a food processor until roughly chopped.
- Prepare the Topping: Mix together peanuts, sesame seeds, white sugar (3 tablespoons) and salt (1/2 teaspoon). Add mixture to the top of rice. Lastly, add shredded coconuts.
- Prep Time: 8 hours
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Dessert
- Method: Steam
- Cuisine: Vietnamese