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Khao Lam

Name: Khao Lam
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Laos
Ingredients: 2 cups Glutinous rice; 300ml Coconut milk; 50g (cooked) Sweet red beans; 4 tbsp Sugar; 1/2 tsp Salt

Dessert

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Sticky rice, coconut milk, and red beans packed into bamboo tubes and roasted — a traditional Lao snack.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Khao lam is a snack made by packing bamboo tubes with sticky rice, coconut milk, sugar, red beans, and more and roasting them slowly over charcoal. The bamboo lends a faint aroma, and peeling away the thin inner layer reveals white sticky rice. Sold at roadside stalls and markets, it's a favorite travel snack and an alms offering.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a village along the highway, bamboo tubes lean in a row by the charcoal fire as long-distance bus passengers buy freshly roasted khao lam through the windows.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Glutinous rice 2 cups
Coconut milk 300ml
Sweet red beans 50g (cooked)
Sugar 4 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the sticky rice, soak at least 3 hours, and drain.
Mix the coconut milk, sugar, and salt.
Mix the sticky rice and adzuki beans and pack into an ovenproof dish (or bamboo tubes).
Pour in coconut milk to cover the rice and cover with foil.
Bake at 180°C for 50–60 minutes until the rice is tender.
Cool and cut into pieces.

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