Desserts
Mango Sticky Rice ข้าวเหนียวมะม่วง · khâo nĭao mámûang
Thailand's beloved dessert — sweet coconut sticky rice with ripe mango.
- Spice
- None
- Also called
- Khao Niao Mamuang, Sticky Rice with Mango, Thai Mango Rice
- Virtual price
- ฿80
What it is
Mango sticky rice is warm glutinous rice steamed and soaked in sweet, salty coconut milk, served with slices of ripe yellow mango and a drizzle of extra coconut cream. It is the country's most famous dessert and a seasonal treat.
How it tastes
Sweet and creamy with a gentle salt edge, soft chewy rice against soft juicy mango, and a rich coconut finish. Best in Thai summer when nam dok mai mangoes are at their peak.
Where it comes from
A central Thai dessert tied to the mango season (roughly March–June) and Thailand's glutinous-rice and coconut traditions.
Ingredients
- Glutinous (sticky) rice
- Coconut milk
- Sugar
- Salt
- Ripe mango (nam dok mai or ok rong)
- Toasted mung beans or sesame (optional topping)
How it's made
Sticky rice is soaked, steamed, then mixed with warm sweetened-salted coconut milk and left to absorb it, before being plated with fresh mango and a final spoon of coconut cream.
Variations
- With yellow mango
- With ripe durian instead of mango
- Blue sticky rice (coloured with butterfly pea)
- With black glutinous rice
Where to eat it
Dessert stalls, fruit markets and restaurants, especially in mango season; famous at Bangkok stalls like Kor Panich.
