Eight-treasure sticky rice

Your ingredients

Get ready: Bowl for soaking, small heatproof pudding bowl, covered steamer and serving plate.

• 🍚Rice: 200 g glutinous rice
• 🍚Rice: 1 tbsp white sugar
• 🥣Filling: 3 tbsp homemade red bean paste
• 🥜Toppings: 1 handful mixed dried fruit and nuts
• 🥜½ tsp coconut oil
• 🍯Honey, optional
• 🍚Water, for soaking and enough to come level with rice in the bowl

Let’s make it

1. Soak the rice

   Rinse sticky rice, cover with water and soak overnight in the fridge. Drain and mix with sugar. Chop any large dried fruit; remove all stones.

2. Build the pattern

   Oil the heatproof bowl. Arrange a handful of dried fruit and nuts across its base. Add half the rice, then a flattened circle of red-bean paste smaller than the bowl, then the remaining rice.

3. Add water gently

   Level the rice and carefully pour in enough water to come just level with it, avoiding disturbing the pattern.

4. Steam patiently

   Cover the steamer and steam over simmering water for about 50 minutes, until the rice is cooked through. Check water beneath the bowl halfway and top up safely.

5. Turn out carefully

   Rest for about 10 minutes. Loosen the edge, cover with a serving plate and invert using oven gloves. Lift away the bowl and serve warm, with optional honey.