Sweet soup 糖水
Black sticky rice with coconut milk
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Traditionally eaten to warm and nourish. Best in cold weather. Glutinous rice and slab sugar are warm; coconut milk is neutral.
Good for A purple, chewy bowl that dessert shops ladle out all winter. Glutinous rice is traditionally believed to warm and strengthen.
- 10 minprep
- 1 hcook
- 4servings
- One potAutumn, Winter
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Ingredients
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- 1½ quarts1.5 LWater
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Method
- Soak the rice for at least 3 hours, or overnight.
- Bring the rice and its soaking water, topped up to the measure, to a boil, then simmer half covered for 50 minutes, stirring now and then, until the grains burst.
- Stir in the sugar until it melts. Serve with a swirl of coconut milk on top.
Who should go easy
Sticky rice is heavy; keep bowls small if your digestion is slow.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022). How we judge a soup’s nature.
Recipe checked against Mrs P’s Kitchen: Black glutinous rice with coconut milk (椰汁紫米露), Christine’s Recipes: Red bean, black glutinous rice and coconut milk soup.
