Fresh Mango and Vanilla Coconut Sticky Rice

This is one of those recipes where it’s easy to see the marriage of Far Eastern ingredients. This is a well-known Thai dessert which can be found in most Thai restaurants. Yet it can also be found on street-hawker stands in Malaysia and Singapore and in restaurants in Taiwan. This dessert uses mangoes (which originated in India but have since made their way all over the Far East) and coconut milk, which is widely used in savory and sweet dishes in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.