Name: BLACK GLUTINOUS RICE DESSERT
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 1.5 cups Black Glutinous rice; 1/2 cup Sago ((small tapioca) ); 6 cups Water; 1 can Coconut milk ((13.5 fl oz or 400ml)); 1 cup Sugar ((can be less or more depending your sweetness))

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Black Glutinous Rice Dessert

Black glutinous rice dessert (紫糯米糖水) is a common Asian dessert, tong sui. Tong sui is a kind of sweet soup. Normally, it takes about an hour or so to cook black glutinous rice. In order to speed up the cooking process, I used instant pot pressure cooker to make this tasty and simple black glutinous rice dessert around 30 minutes. In this recipe, I added sago, small tapiocas, so it gives more texture to this dessert.

Few weeks ago, I was invited to a party/gathering. It’s hard to think what to make when it comes to bring dessert, especially to feed a group. I thought it may be good to make tong sui, sweet soup, because it’s easier and can feed a group of people. I was quite surprised when some of my Asian friends came up and said this black glutinous rice dessert tasted great (I didn’t even tell them I made that at first)! Actually, that was my first time to create this black glutinous rice dessert recipe and it got approved! Therefore, I wrote and save this recipe for my collections. I hope you enjoy this instant pot black rice tong sui (sweet soup) as well.

What is black glutinous rice?

Black glutinous rice looks like black wild rice. When you cook them, it’s actually dark purple color. Thus, it also calls purple rice or black rice. Besides, black glutinous rice is purple because of high content of anthocyanin. On the other hands, it’s outside has similar texture like brown rice and little chewy. Many people said black glutinous rice is healthier than other rice because of high content of anthocyanin with antioxidant properties and have more health benefits. However, there is no evidence shows that anthocyanin have any effect on human or can cure diseases stated European food safety authority.

Cooking tips for black glutinous rice dessert:

Most of people like to cook black glutinous rice dessert with these main ingredients: black glutinous rice, sugar, water and coconut milk. As I mentioned before this recipe, I added sago, small tapioca. Cooking sago is pretty challenging because it’s small and most people don’t know how to cook them. The best way to cook sago is to boil them for 5-10 minuets. Then, turn off fire and cover a lid for 10 minutes, so the inside of the sago can cook through. After that, use a strain to drain sago and rinse with cold water. If you over cooked the sago, it will be mushy.

Ingredients:

Black glutinous rice 1.5 cups

Sago (small tapioca) 1/2 cup

Water 6 cups

Coconut milk 1 can (13.5 fl oz or 400ml)

Sugar 1 cup (can be less or more depending your sweetness)

ingredients for purple rice dessert 西米紫糯米椰汁糖水 tong sui

Instructions:

Wash the black glutinous rice, then pour 6 cups of water into the instant pot pressure cooker. Close the lid and vent, press manual, adjust time 20 minutes and natural release.

cook black glutinous rice in pressure cooker instant pot

2. At the same time, boil water in a pot and get ready to cook sago (small tapioca).

3. When water is boiling, pour sago into the pot and let it boils for 5-10 minutes. After that, turn off fire and cover a lid for 10 minutes.

4. Next, use a strainer to drain the sago and rinse in cold water.

5. When the black glutinous rice is done, add 1 cup of sugar (add to your sweetness), a can of coconut milk, and cooked sago mix them well. And, enjoy!

black glutinous rice dessert tong sui 西米紫糯米椰汁糖水

Here is the video for how to make black glutinous rice dessert (tong sui):

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