Sticky rice rolls with durian and sticky rice rolls with green beans are delicious, fragrant, and rich dishes that are very familiar to Vietnamese people due to their inherent unique flavors. Therefore, let the Vao bep section of TasteVN share with you how to make these two sticky rice rolls simply while ensuring their full deliciousness!
1. Sticky rice rolls with durian
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sticky rice rolls with durian Serves 3 – 4 people
Glutinous rice 500 gr Durian 300 gr (about 4 segments) Rice crackers 10 pieces Peeled green beans 150 gr Peanuts 100 gr Coconut milk 300 ml Coconut water 500 ml Shredded dried coconut 200 gr Tapioca flour 2 teaspoons Rice flour 2 teaspoons Pandan leaves 2 sprigs Green onions 5 sprigs Sugar/salt a little
How to choose fresh durian that is delicious, chemical-free, and has many segments
- You should choose durian fruits that have a mossy green color or a hint of light yellow, with a strong fragrant smell. When you pick up the durian and shake it lightly or tap the body of the fruit with a durian opener, if it makes a “thud thud” sound, it indicates that the fruit is fresh, of good quality, and has thick flesh.
- In addition, fresh and delicious durians are those with a stem that is slightly green and firm. If you press your nail into it, you will feel a bit of wet sap. The spines around the fruit are green, with rounded and evenly sized tips.
- Avoid choosing durian fruits that, when you touch the skin, feel like they have a creamy yellow powder because those are durians that have been treated with chemicals and artificially ripened.
Tools needed
Steamer pot set, blender, bowl, whisk, spoon,…
How to Make Durian Sticky Rice Rolls
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Prepare the Ingredients
Rinse the sticky rice thoroughly with water, then soak it overnight in cold water or in warm water for 2 – 4 hours until the rice is soft. After soaking, drain the water and let the rice dry.
Wash the mung beans, place them in a bowl, soak for about 1 – 2 hours, drain the water, and let them dry.
For the green onions, cut off the root ends, wash them thoroughly, and chop the leaves into small pieces.
Wash the pandan leaves and let them dry.
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Steam the Sticky Rice and Mung Beans
Add 500g of sticky rice and 150g of peeled mung beans into a large glass bowl, add 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and mix the ingredients well by hand.
Pour about 250ml of water into a steaming pot and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Then, place the steaming basket on top of the pot and line the bottom with some pandan leaves to create aroma for the sticky rice during steaming.
Next, add the entire mixture of sticky rice and mung beans into the basket, cover, and steam over medium heat for about 30 – 45 minutes, checking regularly during the cooking process to ensure the sticky rice is cooked evenly and is fragrant.
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Making coconut milk
You add 10g of rice flour, 10g of tapioca starch, 100g of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt into a pot and use a whisk to mix the mixture well.
Then add 500ml of coconut water, place the pot on the stove, add about 2 pandan leaves and use the whisk to stir well.
You will cook the mixture for about 10 – 15 minutes until it boils and thickens, then add 300ml of coconut milk, continue to cook until the mixture boils again, then add the chopped green onions and turn off the stove.
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Making peanut sugar salt
Add 100g of peanuts, 100g of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt into the blender and proceed to grind the peanut sugar salt mixture to serve with sticky rice.
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Wrapping sticky rice with rice paper and durian
When you buy the rice paper, you should take it outside and let it sit overnight to make it softer and easier to wrap the sticky rice.
Place a little green bean sticky rice on the rice paper and use a spoon to spread it evenly on the surface. Then add a little durian flesh, drizzle about 1 tablespoon of coconut milk, a bit of peanut sugar salt, and a little shredded coconut, then roll it up and you will have a delicious, attractive sticky rice roll with durian.
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Finished product
The durian rolled sticky rice dish is both chewy and fragrant, with the rich, creamy taste of durian, and the coconut milk combined with the salty taste of the peanut salt dip creates an incredibly wonderful dish.
2. Green bean rolled sticky rice
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Green bean rolled sticky rice For 2 – 3 people
Sticky rice 700 gr Peeled green beans 300 gr Coconut milk 300 ml Gac flesh 70 gr Sesame A little Banana leaves A little Sugar/salt A little
How to choose delicious, quality gấc
- You should choose gấc fruits that are round and even in shape, with evenly spread spines, an orange-red outer skin, uniform color, visually appealing, and feel heavy when held.
- Additionally, you should buy gấc fruits of medium size, not too small, weighing around 1kg. If the stem at the top of the fruit is still green and fresh, that is a sign of delicious, quality gấc.
- Avoid choosing gấc fruits that are broken, bruised, or spoiled, because when gấc is broken or bruised, air will penetrate inside the fruit, making it usable only for 1 – 2 days.
Tools needed
Steamer set, pan, pot, bowl, spoon,…
How to make Sticky Rice Roll with Mung Beans
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Prepare the ingredients
Soak the glutinous rice in a large bowl for about 6 – 8 hours. After that, rinse it thoroughly with water and drain it in a basket.
Soak the mung beans in water for 2 – 3 hours to soften them, which will help them cook faster. Then rinse them again with water and let them drain.
Cut the gấc fruit in half, remove all the seeds, and soak them in about 1 tablespoon of white wine for about 15 minutes. Next, use your hands to mash the gấc flesh and remove the seeds to obtain the gấc pulp.
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Mix gấc with sticky rice
After processing the sticky rice, place it in a stainless steel bowl, add 70gr of gấc flesh and a little salt, and use a spoon to mix the gấc with the sticky rice thoroughly.
Then let it sit for about 1 hour so that the sticky rice will have a nicer color when cooked.
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Boil green beans with sugar and coconut milk
Put a pot on the stove, add 300gr of green beans, 400ml of water along with a little salt, and boil for about 10 minutes.
When the green beans start to boil, reduce the heat, skim off the foam on the surface, and cook until the water is slightly reduced, then add 70gr of sugar and 100ml of coconut milk. Use a ladle to stir well and continue cooking until the green beans are fully expanded.
Cook on low heat so that the coconut milk is evenly absorbed by the green beans. You will cook until the green beans become thick and dry, then you can turn off the heat.
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Roasting sesame seeds
Place a pan on the stove, add a little sesame seeds to the pan, and use chopsticks to stir constantly to prevent burning.
Roast the sesame seeds over medium heat until they turn slightly yellow, then turn off the heat and transfer them to a bowl.
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Steaming sticky rice
Add about 200ml of water to the steamer pot and bring to a boil, then line banana leaves in the steamer and add all the sticky rice to cook.
During the steaming process, take out 200ml of coconut milk and mix it with the remaining 80gr of sugar, stir well, and set aside to drizzle over the sticky rice to enhance the flavor of the dish.
After steaming for 10 minutes, open the lid of the sticky rice, drizzle the mixture of coconut milk and sugar over it, and every 10 minutes, drizzle the coconut milk over the sticky rice once.
The sticky rice will be steamed for about 25 minutes until it is evenly cooked and soft.
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Rolling sticky rice
You use cling film to line a tray or plate, then sprinkle the roasted sesame seeds on top, add all the sticky rice to the tray and spread it evenly around.
Next, place the mung beans on top of the gac sticky rice and continue to spread evenly to create two layers of sticky rice and mung beans when shaping. Finally, you use your hands to roll it tightly to complete the delicious, appealing sticky rice roll.
After that, you will leave the sticky rice roll wrapped in cling film to shape for about 2 hours. When the sticky rice has set firmly, you should use a string to cut the sticky rice into round pieces for easy eating, as the string will help cut the sticky rice quickly and easily.
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Finished product
The green bean sticky rice roll has the chewy and fragrant taste of glutinous rice, the nutty flavor of the beans, and the rich creaminess of coconut milk, creating an incredibly wonderful taste experience for the user.
Along with the delicious flavor is the very eye-catching appearance of the sticky rice, with a blend of the orange-red color of gac sticky rice and the green of the beans, this will definitely be a dish suitable for you to cook for family or friends to enjoy during festive occasions.
How to choose good quality mung beans
- If you want to save time when cooking or want to make sticky rice easier, you should choose mung beans that have been peeled, are a beautiful yellow color, not infested with worms, have the characteristic aroma of beans, and when lightly squeezed, you can immediately feel the firmness and slight hardness of the mung bean.
- If you choose to cook sticky rice with whole mung beans, you should choose plump, evenly green, nice-looking mung beans.
- Avoid choosing beans that have different colors, have a musty smell, chemical odors, are infested with pests, or have shriveled beans showing signs of pest attacks.
With 2 recipe guides on how to make sticky rice rolls with durian and mung beans that are both delicious, eye-catching, and soft, rich, and creamy, TasteVN hopes that you will be successful right from the first attempt! So what are you waiting for? Let’s get started right away!