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Durian sticky rice recipe

Here’s a dessert I like to make, but I don’t make often as most people do not tolerate durian. However, I recently made it for a family potluck – my extended family all (almost all) love durian! 🙂

Durian Sticky Rice

Durian Sticky Rice

Ingredients:

  • Around 5-6 durian pods
  • 3 cups sticky/glutinous rice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 cups coconut milk
  • Toasted sesame seeds (optional)

Note: You can decrease the rice to 2 or 2.5 cups if you prefer a greater durian topping to sticky rice ratio

Instructions:

  1. Soak the rice for 6 hours or more. Afterwards, rinse several times until clear. (If you forgot to soak the rice, check out these instructions for fast soaking.
  2. Steam the rice for 25-30 minutes.
  3. While steaming the rice, you can make the coconut sauce. Heat 2 cups of coconut milk, and add salt and sugar. Mix to dissolve.
  4. After the rice is done, transfer to bowl and pour half of the coconut mixture into the rice. Mix well.
  5. Return the other half of the coconut mixture to the stovetop and heat. Add the durian pods (remove the seeds) and cook on low heat for about 5-10 minutes.
  6. Put rice in serving plate/container, and pour the coconut durian mixture on top.
  7. Sprinkle sesame seeds (optional)

Enjoy! 🙂

Durian Sticky Rice

I always try a new recipe containing durian when I visit my parents. This time, we had some leftover sticky rice to use up, and so I made durian sticky rice! I used a recipe adapted from this recipe for Coconut Sticky Rice with Mango. (Mangoes aren’t currently in season, so durian was a great option!)

Durian sticky rice

The steps are pretty easy:

  1. Steam the sticky rice for about 25-30 minutes.
  2. Make a coconut syrup by heating a can of coconut milk with 3/4 cup sugar (or however much according to your preference) and a pinch of salt (medium heat).
  3. After the sticky rice is done, mix in half of the coconut syrup and let it sit for about 30 minutes.
  4. Spoon some of the sticky rice into a bowl and top with some slightly mashed durian.
  5. Add more of the coconut syrup, and some toasted sesame seeds if you’d like.

Banana bread with durian filling

Thanks to my durian-loving friends on Facebook, I’ve been inspired to write my first blog entry on nancykho.com. I’ve blogged before about my durian recipes on everythingdurian.blogspot.com, but I think I may and start writing about everything here.

Banana bread with durian filling

To make this, basically start by making your favorite banana bread recipe. I used this recipe from allrecipes.com (but also added some applesauce.)

Mash a few pieces of durian. I used 4-5 pieces for 2 loaves. Durian has just the right texture and is a wonderful filling.

Instead of pouring all of the batter in the pan, pour about half. Next, add a layer of durian, and then pour the rest of the batter in.

Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.

See also my durian muffins recipe here.