Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Niew Mamuang)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup glutinous (sweet) rice
• 1½ cups coconut milk, divided
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and sliced
• 1 tbsp toasted mung beans or sesame seeds (optional)

Instructions:

1. Rinse sticky rice until water runs mostly clear; soak 4 hours or overnight.
2. Steam soaked rice 20–25 minutes until tender.
3. Warm (don't boil) 1 cup coconut milk with sugar and salt until dissolved.
4. Fold warm coconut milk into hot rice; cover and rest 15 minutes to absorb.
5. Whisk remaining ½ cup coconut milk with a pinch of salt for drizzle.
6. Plate rice with mango slices, drizzle coconut cream, garnish with toasted mung beans.