Easy Bubur Pulut Hitam recipe aka glutinous black rice dessert

23 August 2010, 05:34


The dessert I loved eating the most whilst growing up was Bubur Pulut Hitam, a soupy rice pudding type of dessert that is a deep, dark purple in colour and would always stain my clothes (and teeth!). After reading Emily’s post and dreaming about it all week I decided to give it a go and made a few adjustments. The pudding has an almost risotto-like consistency and is topped with a splash of coconut milk. Of course why just pour in coconut milk when you can make smiley faces :D


Makes about 8-10 servings. Ingredients:
2 cups black glutinous rice
10 cups of water
2 pandan/screwpine leaves
1 cup sugar (I used raw sugar but you can use caster sugar)
Coconut milk to drizzle


Ooh pretty


First soak rice in a medium sized pot for 30mins. Then discard the purple water and rinse the rice.


Wash the pandan leaves and tie into a knot (it’ll make it easier to remove later on). Fill the pot with the 10cups of water, bring to a boil then reduce to low heat and simmer uncovered for 30mins. Stir the rice occasionally. If you like the rice to be a more congee like texture then keep on cooking until preferred consistency. Personally I like it with a bit of bite.


Add the 1 cup of sugar. STIR and do NOT walk away! It should take about 10-15mins for the mixture to thicken, stir every couple of minutes so the rice doesn’t burn. If the mixture becomes too thick just add water.


Final product!


How cute is this tiny bowl!?


Serve hot and drizzle with coconut milk make a coconut milk smiley face :D edit: some people are saying to add salt but I find the coconut milk is salty enough as it is but hey whatever floats your boat guys!

 

 

  1. I love glutinous black rice desserts! Looks delicious :-)

    — Maria @ Scandifoodie    Aug 23, 05:56 AM    #

  2. YUMMM I loooove pulut hitam. The coconut milk smiley faces are so cute, as is that teeny tiny bowl! They look so happy!

    — Steph    Aug 23, 08:14 AM    #

  3. my word! it’s true! pulut hitam is even better with smily face. make enough and you could have a whole “black and white minstrel show” for afternoon entertainment. ;) do you salt your coconut milk?

    — bowb    Aug 23, 08:47 AM    #

  4. How gorgeous! I love that there is a mummy glutinous rice and a baby one hehehe

    — Brenda    Aug 23, 08:48 AM    #

  5. You are so domesticated these days :) Love the smiley face.

    — Helen (grabyourfork)    Aug 23, 09:40 AM    #

  6. I’ve seen it, but never had this before!
    hehe coconut smiles :)

    — Yas @ hungry.digital.elf.    Aug 23, 10:11 AM    #

  7. LOL!! Can’t believe how fast you used that bowl-cup thing – it looks happier being glutinous than the ramekin!

    — Margaret | fangirlish    Aug 23, 10:17 AM    #

  8. I have an obsession with tiny bowls/plates/spoons thanks to my tiny appetite :P
    and I totally have a ramekin the same size – but I’m yet to use it because its a little bit TOO small.

    I can’t say I’ve ever actually had glutinous rice of any sort – but it looks really good!

    — Kristy Sayer    Aug 23, 10:42 AM    #

  9. HAHA Little bowl! It’s like the mummy and baby dessert :P So you found pandan leaves in the end. Where??

    — Phuoc'n Delicious    Aug 23, 10:59 AM    #

  10. That’s so cute with the smiley face! :)

    — Emily    Aug 23, 11:20 AM    #

  11. Cute! And good enough to eat!

    — angie    Aug 23, 11:30 AM    #

  12. You should add a pinch of salt! Makes a lot of difference. :)

    — Michelle Chin    Aug 23, 11:39 AM    #

  13. I love this dessert but I always get my mum to make it… I didn’t realise it was so easy! Time to make me some smiley face pulut hitam :)

    — Jacq    Aug 23, 11:56 AM    #

  14. Happy faces always makes for happier food =D

    — mademoiselle delicieuse    Aug 23, 12:03 PM    #

  15. Me wanty. Now.

    — Karen | C&C    Aug 23, 12:37 PM    #

  16. You can make everything looks NICE!! Love the smiley face :)

    — Ellie (Almost Bourdain)    Aug 23, 12:59 PM    #

  17. Hrmm I’ve never tried anything like this before. It certainly looks cute with the little smiley face on top!

    — Ladybird    Aug 23, 01:34 PM    #

  18. I love it when is congee like, so moreish… I agree with Helen, you are such a good housewife these days. :P

    — billy@a table for two    Aug 23, 02:55 PM    #

  19. I’ve never had anything quite like this- the colour is unreal. Will have to make it sometime and make smiley faces too!

    — Gastronomy Gal    Aug 23, 03:17 PM    #

  20. Yum Yum how good is rice. What makes it better is sugar and coconut milk. I want some now but I don’t have any black rice

    — Mark @ Cafe Campana    Aug 23, 07:30 PM    #

  21. I usually soak overnight cos I like it nice and soft :)

    — Fiona    Aug 23, 07:32 PM    #

  22. Yum, love black glutinous rice! looks gorgeous… And was just telling someone today Vietnamese seem to use alot of pandan, but judging from this, it’s not just the Vietnamese!

    — thang @ noodlies    Aug 23, 08:55 PM    #

  23. This was my favourite dessert growing up as well….it’s such comfort food! I’ve always had it with coconut milk too…haha salt is..strange?! lol.

    — Vivienne    Aug 23, 10:53 PM    #

  24. holy smokes this is one of my all time favourite desserts too but I didnt realise it was this EASY. or mebbe you make it look easy. HM. must book mark to try!

    — catty    Aug 24, 03:44 AM    #

  25. so yum & simple thanks for sharing :)

    — betty    Aug 24, 11:52 AM    #

  26. This is one of my absolute favourite desserts ever and yours looks so cute!

    — Georgia    Aug 24, 02:33 PM    #

  27. Ooh – yum! Such a happy dessert!

    — Tina    Aug 24, 07:58 PM    #

  28. ngaw…love the small bowl!! And the smiley faces =D I love drawing smiley faces everywhere….And this looks delicious too! I’m pretty sure I’ve had this before somewhere….I can’t quite remember where though…

    — Von    Aug 24, 09:28 PM    #

  29. do you know how long you can store this for in the fridge after you make it? :)

    — alana    Aug 24, 11:38 PM    #

  30. This looks freaking epic!!! :D
    Mum always presents hers in one of those old chinese looking bowls xD Next time she makes it..I’m going to force her to use the good China and make a smiley face xD <3

    — Melody    Aug 25, 12:23 AM    #

  31. wowww…..that look so good…guess its not the time to think about dieting huh?….i love how you got the ingredients up too><

    — Grace    Aug 25, 05:49 PM    #

  32. adding salt to the bubur will make the dessert more “berlemak”. it reacts with santan to bring the best out of it. just add a pinch. you’ll feel the difference. :)

    — Idris    Aug 25, 06:06 PM    #

  33. Rahahahha how cute is that smiley face!!! I have a true soft spot for Asian desserts ^^

    — Rhonda (thedaintybaker)    Aug 26, 08:46 AM    #

  34. I love making this – the colour is so rich and amazing! Love the cute smiley faces

    — Forager @ The Gourmet Forager    Aug 27, 12:07 PM    #

  35. Hello! Stumbled upon your blog and I’d die for pulut hitam right now :( Can you tell me where I can find pandan leaves in sydney? Searching high and low and can’t seem to find it! Thanks!

    — silkrose    Sep 5, 12:41 PM    #

  36. It sure looks good and delicious. I would really enjoy eating that for a snack or dessert as it contains black rice. I do love eating food with black rice as it is not only good to eat but also very nutritious as well. Recent findings had found out that black rice contains more antioxidants than blueberries which help fight out cancer and diabetes. Now who says this recipe with all the sugar in it is unhealthy?

    — Sam Rice    Sep 23, 10:48 AM    #

  37. Here some tips: add sugar or gula jawa only after cooking, the rice take longer to get tender with sugar. The added salt to the salty coconut cream is what makes te magic happening with the sweet rice. Soak rice overnight. Cooking in a elec rice the bubur won’t stick or burn easily.

    — Acularp    Nov 2, 07:40 PM    #

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