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Quote[/b] ]I ended up with a big ball of crunchy khao neio.

Hehe Delawang, that's kinda funny actually. But don't lose heart - sticky rice is *ridiculously* easy to make!

Alls you gotta do is soak the sticky rice in cold water for at least four hours, and preferably overnight; it just lets some water enter into the grains and remove excess starches, resulting in a product that cooks quickly and isn't overly starchy.

Then you drain off the excess water and wrap the soaked mess of rice in a big cloth - like a length of cheesecloth, or even a *really really clean t-shirt. Then, just put it into a steamer (not a rice cooker!) and cover it. It'll take between 20 and 40 minutes to cook, depending on your altitude. On average, it's 30 minutes for nice, hot, sticky rice.

Jonny

*Once, I thought it was freshly washed....but no, it was just used as a workout shirt. So you can probably imagine what it smelled like!