How do you make sweet sticky rice?

Question

Is there a way to make it with normal Jasmine rice? Where do you get the rice that is typically used? does anyone have a recipe?

Answer 1

You need a short grain to make sticky rice because they have the highest starch content.  Jasmine rice is a long grain rice and wont work.  You can find this rice in china town for sure, but most regular supermarkets carry it now.

Here is a youtube video on how to make sushi rice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYtB3Qs9B...

It's a good demo.  The last minute of the video requires a fan which I feel is unessesary.  It is best to use a wooden bowl if you have one as they did on the video because it will absorb any excess liquid.  Use rice vinegar for the seasoning.  It is more mild and traditional.  Also, you don't need to mix the rice for 10 minutes. You can cook the rice in a pot if you don't have a rice cooker.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Yes you can use either Jasmine/Basmati Rice.

Here is the recipe

1 cup basmati rice, soaked for 1 hour

1/2 cup sugar

3 tbsp ghee or butter

3 cloves

4 green cardamoms

1 tbsp raisins, soaked in water

1 tbsp almonds, blanched & shredded

1/2 tsp saffron, soaked in 2 tbsp of warm water or a few drops of yellow color optional)

1/2 tsp almond essence

5-7 green pistachio nuts

1 bay leaf (optional)

   1. Mix 3/4 cup of water and sugar in a small pan and boil for few minutes. Remove from flame and keep aside.

   2. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and add cloves and cardamoms. Fry until cardamoms change color.

   3. Also add raisins and almonds. Fry till raisins swell. To this, add rice and 1 1/2 cups of water. Mix gently.

   4. Add saffron or yellow color to the rice and boil until the rice is almost done and water gets absorbed.

   5. Add almond essence to the sugar syrup. Mix and add the sugar syrup to the cooked rice. Stir the rice very gently and cook further for 4-5 minutes till the rice is done.

   6. Garnish with a bay leaf, shredded pistachios and a few whole almonds.

Answer 3

PattyCake is right, I to am a chef and buy in Chinatown or at Asian/Japanese store there sweet rice which is short grain and sticky, I either cook it in my rice cooker, steam it in a bamboo steamer on a banana leaf and to cook it with coconut milk for Thai and Malay dessert some with tapioca and other with the Thai Black rice, fruits and coconut milk as a garnish.

It cooks the same as regular rice for water and rice, the only difference is the finish texture and the taste, there is no need to add sugar, the starches on the rice give it pleasant sweet flavour. I use it for western style rice pudding, just ad a tin of carnation milk after it is cooked and cooled.

Answer 4

I use use basmati rice, coconut milk and pineapple juice.