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Xôi Vò (Vietnamese Sticky Rice with Mung Beans).

Savory, flavorful steamed sticky rice with steamed mung beans.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Keyword: Easy and simple sticky rice and mung beans to welcome the Lunar New Year.
Servings: 5

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry, uncooked sweet rice soaked in water overnight.
  • 1.5 cup peeled, uncooked mung beans soaked in water overnight.
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions

Instructions for preparing the sweet rice and mung beans:

  • Place the dry mung beans in a bowl and add water to it. Gently rub the mung beans then discard the water. You'll notice that the water becomes yellow. This is normal. Just keep rinsing the mung beans until the water becomes clear again.
    rinsing the mung beans with water
  • After the water is clear, add enough water to fully submerge the mung beans and allow them to soak overnight.
    peeled and soaked mung beans
  • In a separate bowl containing the uncooked sweet rice. Add water to the rice and gently rub the rice then discard the water. This washes away anything that was on the outside of the rice. Repeat rinsing the rice 2 more times.
    Then add enough water to fully submerge the rice and let them soak overnight.

Instructions for cooking the sweet rice and mung beans:

  • Fill a pot half way with water. Put a steamer basket on top. Make sure the water does not come in contact with the steamer basket. Cover the pot and let it come to a boil.
    steamer basket and pot used to make xoi
  • Meanwhile, discard the water that was used to soak the sweet rice.
  • Put the soaked rice in a colander to remove any excess water from the rice.
  • Transfer the rice from the colander into a bowl and set it aside.
    sweet rice in a bowl
  • Pour the soaked mung beans in to a colander to discard the water and to remove any excess water.
    Rinsing mung bean in a colander
  • Combine the soaked sweet rice and remaining mung beans in a large bowl. Mix well.
  • Add salt to the rice and mung bean mixture and mix well to combine.
    adding salt to mung bean and sweet rice mixture
  • Add this rice, mung bean mixture to the steamer basket.
  • Close the lid and leave it alone to steam for approximately one hour. After an hour, open the lid and check to see if the mung beans are soft. If they are, turn off the heat.
  • Add the vegetable oil to the cooked sweet rice and mung bean mixture. Mix well to combine.
    Adding vegetable oil to xoi
  • And you've got yourself some delicious xôi vò.
    xôi vò (mung bean and sweet rice mixture)