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Mung bean sticky rice is a traditional Vietnamese dish. With the aroma of glutinous rice and the sweetness of mung beans blending in rich coconut milk, this dish creates a memorable experience. So, how to cook mung bean sticky rice to perfection? Join readers on Mytour Blog to explore it in the following article.
Traditional Method for Cooking Mung Bean Sticky Rice
Prepare Ingredients and Tools
Ingredients
- Glutinous rice: 400g
- Peeled mung beans: 100-120g
- Salt: 1/2 teaspoon
- Cooking oil: 4 tablespoons
- Pandan leaves: 10g
- Coconut milk: 50ml
Tools
Preparing all the necessary ingredients and tools is the first step to cook traditional mung bean sticky rice (Source: Internet)Execution Steps
- Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Cleanse the glutinous rice and mung beans, let them drain, and soak in cold water for about 30 minutes to make them softer. For pandan leaves, wash and use them as a lining at the bottom of the steamer.
Cleanse the glutinous rice and mung beans, let them drain, and soak in cold water for about 30 minutes to make them softer (Source: Internet)- Step 2: Cook Traditional Flavored Sticky Rice with Mung Beans
Place the soaked mung beans and glutinous rice into the rice cooker. Then, mix 1 teaspoon of salt and 3 tablespoons of cooking oil. Pour enough water to cover the rice surface (avoid adding too much water as it may make the sticky rice mushy). Turn on the Cook button of the rice cooker to start cooking. When the water boils, open the lid to check, stir evenly, and adjust the water amount as needed. When the rice cooker switches to the Warm mode, let the sticky rice sit for an additional 5 – 10 minutes for it to fully cook and soften.
Finally, add 50ml of coconut milk, stir well, and turn on the Cook button again to make the sticky rice more deliciously chewy. When the rice cooker switches to the Warm button, you have completed the process of cooking traditional flavored sticky rice with mung beans.
Sticky rice with mung beans goes well with pork sausage, fried eggs, and roasted peanuts – a popular combo loved by many (Source: Internet)How to Cook Sticky Rice with Mung Beans in Coconut Milk Using a Rice Cooker
Prepare Ingredients and Tools
Ingredients
- Glutinous rice: 500g
- Coconut milk: 250g
- Mung beans: 100g
- Salt: 2g
- Cooking oil: 5g
- Pandan leaves: 10g
- Golden sesame seeds: 10g
- Roasted peanuts: 10g
- Granulated sugar: 50g
Cooking Tools
- Rice cooker
- Pot, bowl, mortar, pestle
Execution Steps
- Step 1: Prepare Ingredients
Toast sesame seeds in a pan until golden, peel roasted peanuts, and let pandan leaves dry after washing. Then, mix glutinous rice and green beans in a pot, add a pinch of salt, wash them about 2 – 3 times, and drain the water. Put the mixture in the rice cooker (lined with pandan leaves at the bottom).
Mix glutinous rice and green beans in a pot, add a pinch of salt, wash them about 2 – 3 times, and then put them in the rice cooker to cook (Source: Internet)- Step 2: Prepare Coconut Milk Mixture and Sesame Salt
Coconut Milk: Mix 250ml of filtered water, 250ml of coconut milk, 1 teaspoon of cooking oil, and ⅓ teaspoon of salt in a bowl, then stir well.
Sesame Salt: Take 10g of sesame seeds, toast until golden, add 2 tablespoons of roasted peanuts, ⅓ tablespoon of salt, and 2 tablespoons of sugar into a mortar, grind until you have a delicious sesame salt mixture.
Sesame salt adds color and rich flavor to green bean sticky rice (Source: Internet)- Step 3: Cook Delicious Coconut Milk Green Bean Sticky Rice
Take the coconut milk mixture from above and soak it with the mixture of glutinous rice and green beans in the rice cooker for about 40 minutes. After this time, turn on the rice cooker to cook the traditional delicious green bean sticky rice. That's it! You have completed the process of cooking delicious and enticing green bean sticky rice.
Delicious Green Bean Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk Flavor (Source: Internet)Some Tips When Cooking Green Bean Sticky Rice Using a Rice Cooker
- Choose glutinous rice: Sticky, fragrant, soft grains, non-sticky, and naturally sweet (suggested: choose glutinous rice with yellow flowers and fragrant glutinous rice, the two most popular types for making green bean sticky rice).
- Pay attention to the amount of water when cooking sticky rice: Not too little or too much, as it will make the sticky rice dry or mushy and not delicious.
Handy Tips for Cooking Green Bean Sticky Rice
Xôi đậu xanh turns dry and tough
If the sticky rice becomes dry and tough due to insufficient water or if you pour glutinous rice and mung beans into the pot to cook the sticky rice and press too tightly, preventing it from releasing steam. In that case, you can use chopsticks to pierce the sticky rice, add a little hot water, and cover it tightly to continue cooking (try not to open the lid too much during the cooking process).
Xôi đậu xanh turns mushy
Dealing with overly sticky sticky rice is quite challenging, but you can still use a bread knife to pierce the rice cake surface and allow steam to escape. When the sticky rice is cooked, transfer it to a plate to reduce stickiness caused by steam condensation.
Xôi đậu xanh remains uncooked
If the sticky rice remains uncooked, simply add a bit of water onto the rice and cover the surface with a cloth soaked in water. Then, tightly cover the pot and continue steaming. If the sticky rice is still uncooked, repeat the process as mentioned above.
With this article, Mytour has shared with you ways to cook fragrant and perfectly flavored coconut milk mung bean sticky rice. We hope you will successfully apply these methods to create delicious and enticing sticky rice. Don't forget to follow Mytour Blog regularly for more updates on how to cook even more delicious coconut milk mung bean sticky rice!
