Indonesian Food 
Vegan Black Rice Pudding
This is one of my favorite Indonesian desserts. Its Black Rice Rice Pudding, but with a Vegan twist. Find the ingredients list and directions below. After you finish cooking this dessert, leave me a comment and tell me how you liked it.
Ingredients
- 2 cup Indonesian black rice
- 20 oz can full-fat coconut milk
- 3 cups water *reduce to 1 cup for Instant Pot
- a pinch of salt
- 4 Tbsp coconut sugar or other sweetener see notes
- diced banana coconut chips, and hemp hearts for garnish
Instructions
- TO MAKE ON THE STOVE TOP
- Combine the black rice, coconut milk in a medium-sized pot (reserve a couple of Tbsp for drizzling if you like) salt, and 3 cups water.
- Bring to a boil then reduce the temperature to low and simmer covered until the rice is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed. Give it a good stir since this will take about an hour, and check on the cooking progress every once in a while.
- When rice is cooked, remove from the heat, then stir in one Tbsp of your chosen sweetener, and taste. You may or may not want to add another.
- TO MAKE IN THE INSTANT POT
- Mix the black rice, coconut milk, coconut sugar, and 1 cup of water in the Instant Pot.
- Seal the Instant Pot, and set to Manual (High pressure for 22 minutes).
- When the pressure cooking cycle has finished, let the steam release naturally for 10 minutes, then flip to quickly release the rest of the steam.
- Remove the lid and stir the rice pudding .
- You can serve it hot, warm, or cold drizzled with a bit of extra coconut milk.
Inspired by: Hey Nutrition Lady
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How do you make the black rice?
Black rice is a variety of rice also sometimes called forbidden rice.