Pulut hitam black rice pudding

Name: Pulut hitam black rice pudding
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Malaysian
Ingredients: 200g black glutinous rice, soaked overnight and drained; 1.2l water; 2 pandan leaves, knotted; 100g palm sugar, chopped; 0.25 tsp fine sea salt; 200ml coconut milk

Black glutinous rice slowly cooked until creamy and sweetened with palm sugar, finished with coconut milk.

Time1 hr 30
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.53 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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200 gblack glutinous ricesoaked overnight and drained
1.2 lwater
2pandan leavesknotted
100 gpalm sugarchopped
¼ tspfine sea salt
200 mlcoconut milk

Method

1
Put the drained rice, water and pandan leaves in a heavy pan. Bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 1 hour, stirring now and then, until very soft.
60 min
2
Add the palm sugar and salt and cook for 15 minutes more until thick and glossy.
15 min
3
Remove the pandan leaves.
4
Spoon into bowls and pour a little coconut milk over each. Serve warm.

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