Yunnan pineapple rice
Yunnan pineapple rice, from above
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Yunnan pineapple rice

Sweet sticky rice steamed inside a hollowed pineapple. Dessert or side, it looks like a party.

60 minTime
5 gProtein each
mildSpice
Dai pineapple rice2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySticky rice steamed in a pineapple.
The original
364kcalsame
5 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
60minutessame

Bo luo fan, a Dai dish from Xishuangbanna.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Glutinous rice (sweet rice)1¼ cups, soaked 4 hours
Pineapple1 whole pineapple, flesh diced, shell kept
Sugar2 tbsp
Raisins2 tbsp
Thin coconut milk⅓ cup, optional
Salta pinch
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Soak the sticky rice for at least 4 hours and drain.
  2. 2Cut off the top third of the pineapple, scoop out the flesh and dice it, removing the core.
  3. 3Steam the rice on a cloth for 25 minutes until tender.
  4. 4Mix the rice with pineapple, sugar, raisins, coconut milk, salt and oil, pack into the shell and steam 15 minutes more.
Serve it like this

Serve in the pineapple shell on a plate, lid propped alongside, and scoop at the table.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Yunnan pineapple rice: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

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On the side Dry fried green beans25 min
To drink Doujiang40 min
Something sweet Eight treasure rice90 min
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