Thai Sticky Rice

I like Thai sticky rice.  I thought it would be easier to make at home than I have discovered it is.

I did buy the right kind of rice.

But I am reluctant to spend any money on a bamboo steamer that I will use three times and then throw into a cabinet and never touch again. 

I am also terrible at deciding I want rice hours in advance, so that it can soak.

Last week, I tried a microwave method I read about, involving putting the dish of rice inside a larger dish of water, so it could steam.  Not great.

I read about a method using a regular steamer insert (which I have) and cheesecloth (which I don't).  Unable to find cheesecloth (I admit I didn't search too hard), I came up with a substitution.  This evening, I will be attempting to steam sticky rice by wrapping it in sterile gauze that my wife took from the hospital. 

Yum.  Maybe it will work.

Comments

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It is possible that part of sterilizing gauze is putting weird chemicals on it that you don't want in your rice. Coffee filters usually work in any situation that you need cheesecloth (not that I myself have those either).