Steps to Make Perfect Thai ground toasted rice - Khao Kua

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Transfer toasted rice to a spice grinder or the bowl of a mortar and pestle. Grind to a coarse powder with a texture similar to that of ground coffee used for pourover brewing. Toasted sticky rice powder, known in Thai as khao khua (ข้าวคั่ว), is simply dry roasted sticky rice, that's then pounded or ground into a powder. It's used in a variety of Thai Isaan (northeastern dishes) like minced meat laab salad and an herb filled vegetable soup called gaeng om.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook thai ground toasted rice - khao kua using 3 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Thai ground toasted rice - Khao Kua:

1. Take 2 cups Jasmine rice
2. Make ready 1 lemongrass, thin slices (optional)
3. Make ready 2-3 kaffir lime leaves, thin slices (optional)

Once the rice starts to pick up heat, stir frequently until rice turns. Whenever a Thai recipe calls for toasted rice powder, even just a smidgen of it, don't be tempted to leave it out. Don't get me wrong; I am all about shortcuts But when it comes to toasted (sometimes called 'roasted') rice powder, in my opinion, it is never optional. Its lazy of me to rely on this instead of toasting and grinding rice but sometimes you need a quick fix Great for making Thai Laap.

Instructions to make Thai ground toasted rice - Khao Kua:

1. Roast jasmine rice in a pan or wok keep stirring them on medium low heat until rice start to change colour and become golden brown then add some lemongrass and kaffir lime in and continue stirring them until the lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves started to dry out. At this point you will have a really fragrant and aromatic smell. Leave them to cool down for a few min.
2. Pound them about 3-4 tbsp at time in pestle and mortar or you can use electric blender if prefer. Pound them until they become fine powder.
3. Keep them in a jar with tightlid on.

Don't get me wrong; I am all about shortcuts But when it comes to toasted (sometimes called 'roasted') rice powder, in my opinion, it is never optional. Its lazy of me to rely on this instead of toasting and grinding rice but sometimes you need a quick fix Great for making Thai Laap. My only complaint is that this is very overpriced for Khao Khua. Toasted rice powder is an ingredient that lends a crunchy texture and smoky-nutty flavor to Northeastern Thai dishes. A common ingredient in the Northeastern Thai cuisine, toasted rice powder, or khao khua, lends a crunchy texture and.

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