It’s really, really easy. Buy sticky rice — it’s available in Asian markets — and soak a cup of it under water for an hour. Then drain it, wrap it (raw) in cheesecloth, and put it in a steamer over boiling...

Usually when we use sweet rice, we steam it rather than boil. Line a steamer pan with cheesecloth and try that. If you boil sweet rice as you would other rices, you wind up with something inedible.

I want to try a recipe for sticky rice with mangoes. The recipe calls for steaming the rice which is something I have never done. I don’t have a steamer. It does say you can use a stockpot or dutch oven but doesn’t...

And it’s cooked in a bamboo steamer. I use the recipe in Seductions of Rice. I think you line the steamer with dish towels or cheesecloth.

to 7 minutes. When large bubbles appear, under the batter, remove from steamer. Cool 10 minutes before lifting from pan. The other version uses 1 cup rice flour, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1/2 cup potato starch, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4...

The department store you’re thinking of could be Pearl River Mart, at Broadway & Canal. I recently bought a small, 6-cup rice steamer that goes in the microwave, and so far I’m very happy with it – you put in...

of cheesecloth in the bottom of the steamer, then the rice, then halfway through the steaming, flip the rice so that the bottom part is on the top and the top part is on the bottom (this ensures even steaming). very important:...

in a steamer basket. Steam for 15 minutes, then flip the basket (I just stir, as my steamer doesn’t work that way!) and steam for about 15 minutes more. As far as use, I don’t really know what is authentic, but I love...

or zhong zi, a similar mixture of rice wrapped up in lotus leaves. I would make the mixture as instructed, then steam it in a rice cooker or in a bamboo steamer instead of going through the trouble of wrapping the lotus leaves....

Sounds a little like sticky rice to me, however I am not 100% certain. Sticky rice is soaked in water first for at least a few hours, but it’s best soaked over night. After that, it is steamed. You can of course go get a...

I would love to recreate this dessert that ive had in thai restaurants and maybe experiment with making other desserts with the rice. Does anyone have a good recipe?

of these rices, rinse 3-4 times with cold water. Cover the rice with 2-3 inches of cold water, and soak for 6-8 hours. Drain, but DO NOT rinse. Then, either cook in a rice steamer, or use the cheesecloth method that you used...

I recently purchased a Krups electric rice cooker/steamer (I think it’s 10 or 12 cup). So far I have just done Mexican rice, using both white rice and brown, and I really love it. What else can I do with it? Do you think...

The only black rice I have cooked with is called forbidden rice. Rinse before boiling. I boiled instead of using rice cooker/steamer. I cook as directed on package, but I remove from the heat ten minutes before it is said and I...

that is just a plain steamer. we have one just like it and ours comes w/ a solid plastic tray used for saucey stuff. i’ve never thought to use it for rice as i don’t think it could ever get hot enough. steamed rice is...