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Cooking Rice Types Index

 

 

Purple Sticky Rice is native to Thailand, it is now also grown in California. It has a typical rice shape. Uncooked Purple Sticky Rice looks like burnt brown rice; it has a charred appearance. When cooked it imparts a beautiful shiny Indigo color. Purple Sticky Rice has a sweet flavour, sticky texture and cooks up to a shiny, Indigo color.

 

Suggested Use:
Purple Sticky Rice is often cooked as a dessert rice. This rice is commonly used as a dessert rice in Southeast Asia. Use it in stuffing's, puddings and rice balls.