What is Bubur Hitam? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubur_ketan_hitam
Serves 3-4 rice bowl
Ingredients -
3 pandan leaves, tied
200g glutinous black rice (premium quality)
5.5 cups water water
1 round block of gula melaka
Few tbsp of granulated sugar
Some coconut milk (I used Kara brand)
Pinch of salt
Steps -
1) Wash the rice till run clean and soak for an hour.
2) In a pot with boiling water, place the pandan leaves and washed rice in. Let it come to a boil.
3) Then lower the flames and let it simmer till liquid turn creamy, rice is soft yet with a bite to the grain. About 50 minutes to an hour. Stir once a in while.
4) Add sugar and gula melaka in, adjust taste accordingly and keep stirring till suagr dissolve.
5) Then in another pot, pour coconut milk in and let it come to a gentle boil and add salt to it. Set aside.
6) To serve - drizzle coconut milk on it.
7) Any balance, pour on popsicle container and freeze it.
Notes -
1. Because i did not soak my glutinous rice so it took me about an hour to get it cooked despite using Le Creuset pot.
2. I boiled with 5 cups of water first. The other 0.5 cup water was added a while later.