Ube mango Sticky Rice is a spin on a classic Thai dessert. Made with sweet glutinous rice, ube, coconut milk, and mango. It's fresh, comforting and satisfying.
Cook 2 cup sweet glutinous rice with 1 ½ cup water in a rice cooker
All rice cookers are different, you may have to adjust with yours
While the rice cooks, mix coconut milk, sugar and cook on medium low heat just to melt the sugar.
Take out ¾ cup of coconut milk and reserve for the coconut sauce.
With the remainder of the coconut sauce add ube powder, and ube extract. Adjust the ube extract according to your taste and color preference
Once the rice is cooked, stir in the ube coconut milk mixture until well combined..
For the coconut sauce add salt in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in a cornstarch slurry and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
To serve, add about ½ cup warm ube sticky rice to a bowl. Spoon 2–3 tablespoons coconut sauce over the rice, then serve with sliced fresh mango and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Enjoy warm!