Lao Khao Lam

Ingredients

• 2 cups Lao sticky rice (soak for 1 hour in warm water)
• 6 eight inch bamboo
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1-1/2 cup durian
• 1/4 cup palm sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large pinch salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Rinse sticky rice 3x then let it soak in warm water for at least 2 hour

2. 2

   Carefully remove out husk of bamboo

3. 3

   In a saucepan, add palm sugar and melt then add coconut milk and cook on low followed with sugar and salt then mix until melted

4. 4

   In a large pan, add the strained stick rice, sweetened coconut milk mixture and then cook on medium for 3-5 minutes until most of the liquid is absorbed.

5. 5

   Cut up the pod of durian and mix it into the rice

6. 6

   Grab a bamboo and carefully stuff it with the rice leaving 2 inches on the top empty; roll two banana leaves together the use it to stuff the top of the bamboo; grab tin foil and folld it around the bamboo for extra closure

7. 7

   Heat the oven to 400F and let it cook for 1 hour.

8. 8

   Let it rest for 15 mins