This is a beautiful unpolished long-grain rice that is quite chewy when cooked. The black bran keeps the grains separate and gives the rice a lightly sweet, mild grain flavor. In Thailand, black rice is generally soaked and cooked together with white Thai Sticky Rice (the colors blend, producing a wonderful dark purple) and then used to make desserts, but inventive American chefs are now using black rice in savory dishes. Delicious, Quick Side Dishes
How to Make It
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Soak and steam Black Thai Sticky Rice just as you do the white">http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/black-thai-sticky-rice">white Thai Sticky Rice; because of the bran layer, black rice takes 10 minutes longer.