Food Friday

This week's Featured Food Friday player is...

Ms. Tetcha who blogs over at Delight My Appetite with her post: Family Dinner at Kabisera ng Dencio's

Now that's quite an elegant way of presenting the turon (plantain banana wrapped in spring roll wrappers, then deep-fried), one of my fave snacks! It does go well with ice cream (like almost anything else, lol). Ms. Tetcha and her family had a very lovely dinner that night..and if you want to see what other drool-worthy food they had, then don't forget to click on the picture above!

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My food post for this week is something that I have always wanted to recreate on my own: Sticky Rice with Mangoes.

Ingredients:

• sticky rice (about half a kilo), cooked in water with pandan leaves
• coconut milk (two and a half cups)
• sugar (1 cup refined/white and 1/4 cup muscovado)
• mangoes (sliced)
• toasted sesame seeds
• additional half a cup of warm coconut milk

Procedure:

• Cook the sticky rice first. Some use diluted coconut milk; I used plain water, simply because my coconut milk wasn't enough. lol. Served the same purpose, though. Let cool once cooked.
• Mix the two and a half cups of coconut milk with the sugar and place on low fire. Let simmer and mix every once in a while until slightly thick. Turn off heat.
• Add the cooked sticky rice then mix well. Set aside.

To serve:

• Place a decent portion of the sweet sticky rice on a plate, then add the sliced mangoes. Drizzle a fair amount of warm coconut milk all over then sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.
• Enjoy! :)

I loved it! This was my first time to cook sticky rice (yeah, it really was!) since I find it kind of time-consuming when it comes to cooking 'kakanins' (snacks that usually needs sticky rice, powdered or not). I love eating them, though. lol.

My first taste of this sticky rice/mango combo was at a Thai restaurant and I was hooked! Whenever I see this on a restaurant's menu (which doesn't happen often), I always order at least one serving! :)

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