Black Glutinous Rice with Lotus Seeds

Ingredients

160g black glutinous rice, soaked overnight
1 litre water
100g brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 screwpine leaves
40g dried longan flesh, rinsed
75g frozen fresh lotus seeds
50g dried pak hup, rinsed

Method

Boil glutinous rice in water until rice grains split. Add sugar, salt and screwpine leaves. Stir until sugar dissolves. Combine dried longans, pak hup and frozen fresh lotus seeds in a small plate. Sprinkle a little sugar over them and steam for 30 minutes. Add steamed longans to the glutinous rice and continue to simmer for 5-6 minutes. Dish out this dessert broth and top up with steamed lotus seeds and pak hup just before serving.