If you will remember I have this ongoing list of foods I intended to make to celebrate my 30th year, the 30 Foods List. So far I’ve completed about seven, although I haven’t posted about them all, and guess what? Tomorrow is the last day of July! It seems maybe I was a bit ambitious considering that some of the foods I chose may require ingredients that I can’t get here in Brazil. I am still hopeful, but I am giving myself a little leeway and re-setting my goal to make all the foods by the end of 09.
One of the foods on the list is sweet rice, a very popular dessert here in a Brazil and in many other cultures as well. I made canjica a while back, a sweet rice-like dessert made with hominy, but I didn’t think this truly counted. Considering the sweet rice is a bit basic, I decided I need to make it original somehow.
The other day my lunch was screaming for something sweet to seal the deal and I had about a ½ cup of leftover rice in the fridge. I decided to turn that, along with a Palmer mango, into a single serving of sweet rice for dessert.
Really easy, wonderfully tasty and it meets a 30 Food List goal. That’s all the motivation I need so here you go.
Single Serve Sweet Rice with Mango
½ cup cooked long grain rice
2 T sweetened condensed milk
2T coconut milk
3T whole milk
¼ cup chopped mango
2 T sweetened condensed milk
2T coconut milk
3T whole milk
¼ cup chopped mango
In a small sauce pan combine the rice and all three milks. Cook on medium high heat until the mixture becomes bubbly and thick, about 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the mango and heat through. Enjoy!
Here are a few other things I’ve already made on my 30 Foods List:
I like things sweet … so sweet rice with mango sounds pretty tasty!
Sounds like a very jazzed up rice pudding (but less soupy)- yum! I bet you can finish the list by the end of 09! I can’t wait to see your other new recipes!!
Sweet rice is one of those foods that I find I just can’t do. Savoury rice I could eat anyday but I think the sweet stuff reminds me of bad experiences with rice pudding as child. I keep telling myself that I’ll have to try it again one of these days but it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe I’ll surprise myself and actually enjoy it when I do!
Yum! Kind of like a non-creamy rice pudding. I like it! My grandfather liked to put sugar in his rice. I always found that odd, but guess I shouldn’t.
I’m curious…what made you put sweet rice on your list?
i am 30 this yr to like your idea so yummy and easy should make for my baby
sounds yummy and better than the more northern european rice pudding. It looks just like Thai stick rice/mango pudding.
Yum! This does sound like the thai rice which is one of my FAVES! I’m sure I’d love this…
i love this combo..though i make it without milk…only with coconut milk…check out..http://healthfooddesivideshi.blogspot.com/2009/06/mangoes-with-coconut-sticky-rice.html
anything for me??…i am turning 39 this month
MMMMM Rice with mango, that sounds like a treat. And anything with condensed milk grabs my attention. Love it.
I love this recipe for sweet rice with mango and I must make it for my daughter! She loves mango and she loves rice so it’s a perfect combination! Thanks!
sounds like a satisfying treat
It’s a great treat and this one is creamier and less soupy than others I’ve had. I just like having a little and not having so many leftovers.
Cathy – Before moving here I had never had sweet rice! It’s so popular here I wanted to try making it on my own. 🙂
Thanks for the link sangeeta, I will check it out. Happy birthday!
I made mango with sticky rice in my Cambodian cooking class! Super super tasty.
Love your idea for the 30 Foods List… my birthday is in another couple months so I might have to snag your idea 😀
30 foods to try in your 30th year? That definitely sounds like a fun little challenge 🙂 And your sweet mango rice sounds delicious.
A dessert after my heart! You know I’m all about the grain and this is a great fusion of rice pudding & many Asian sticky rice desserts. What I like best about it is that I always have leftover rice as well as the 3 milks but I never thought to put them together for a quick, single treat! Now I know better . . .! 8-D