How to cook fragrant and soft sticky rice with gac fruit, easy to make at home

1. Ingredients for making sticky rice with gac fruit

2kg sticky rice
1 coconut
1 ripe gac fruit
A little white wine
Spices: Salt, sugar, cooking oil

xoi gac 2.jpg — Ingredients for making sticky rice with gac fruit. Photo: Dienmayxanh

2. How to cook sticky rice with gac fruit

Step 1: Prepare ingredients

Soak sticky rice overnight in cold water or soak for 4 hours in hot water. Then, wash the rice about 2-3 times and drain.

Cut the gac fruit in half and use a spoon to scoop out all the flesh and set aside. Use your hands to gently squeeze the seeds to separate the flesh from the seeds.

Add half a spoon of white wine and a little salt to the gac pulp, mix well and leave for 6 hours to let the gac pulp become rich.

Cut the coconut in half and take out the water. Divide the grated coconut meat into two parts.

Slice one part into thin strips to eat with sticky rice. Puree the rest, then put it in a pot and boil for 20 minutes, squeeze to get the juice. Add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil to the freshly squeezed coconut water.

Step 2 : Cook sticky rice with gac fruit

Use a large bowl to mix the drained sticky rice with the gac pulp, half of the squeezed coconut milk and a pinch of salt.

Put the mixture in a steamer and steam for 30-40 minutes. After 20 minutes, open the lid, wipe off the water that has condensed on the lid and add the remaining coconut milk to the sticky rice. Add moderately, do not add too much.

When the sticky rice is soft and cooked, use chopsticks to stir it until it is fluffy. Then, add 50g of sugar and a little cooking oil and steam for another 10 minutes.

Step 3 : Finish

After the sticky rice with gac fruit is cooked, let it cool down, then stir gently and evenly, scoop the sticky rice onto a plate or use a mold to shape it nicely, then add the shredded coconut meat on top and enjoy.

xoi gac 1.jpg — Xoi gac is an indispensable dish during holidays and Tet. Photo: Bachhoaxanh

3. Some notes when cooking sticky rice with gac fruit

To cook sticky rice with gac fruit, you should choose yellow sticky rice with plump, fragrant and sticky grains. The sticky rice will be more delicious.

Choose gac fruit with bright red color, thin skin, small and sparse thorns, and large stem to have thick and delicious flesh. When preparing, do not remove the red membrane around the gac seeds because it contains oil similar to vitamin A, which is very good for health.

To cook the sticky rice evenly, put each handful of sticky rice into the steamer. Leave 4-6 small holes in the middle of the steamer so that the steam rising from the bottom will spread evenly.

When adding water to the steamer, make sure the amount of water is about 1/3 of the pot. If the water has dried up and the sticky rice is not fully cooked, you can add more water to the pot. If cooking in a rice cooker, there is no need to stir the sticky rice many times.

In case the sticky rice is dry, you can sprinkle a little warm water on the surface of the sticky rice and then use a clean thin towel to absorb the water. Next, cover the pot and steam for about 5 more minutes.

If you want the sticky rice to be more fragrant and soft, you should steam it twice. The first time, when the sticky rice is cooked, take it out on a plate and wait for it to cool. When the sticky rice has cooled, put it in a steamer and steam it a second time.

When cooking sticky rice, you need to keep an even heat. If the heat is too high, it will burn. If the heat is too low, the sticky rice will not cook evenly.

After cooking the sticky rice with gac fruit but not using it all at once, you should put it in a sealed box or wrap it in banana leaves or aluminum foil and put it in the refrigerator. When eating, just steam it again and the sticky rice will still be as delicious as when it was just cooked.

The finished product is plump, shiny, fragrant and soft, highlighted by its bright red color. The red color of the sticky rice with gac fruit looks really outstanding, adding to the appeal of the Tet holiday tray.

Take some time to make this for your family to enjoy. Good luck!

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