Easy way to make sticky rice....

o make a perfect batch of steamed sticky rice: Soak the rice for 2-3 hours (longer if the amount is larger and if your rice is an old crop which has lower moisture content) and drain it. Place the splatter guard screen on top of the opening of a pot (or a sauté pan with straight sides as shown above) which is smaller than the circumference of the splatter screen. Fill the pot with water and start boiling it. The space between the water and the screen should be about 3 inches for best results. Once the water is boiling, adjust the heat so you maintain a gentle, instead of rapid, boil. Place the drained rice on the screen, right in the middle. It’s best to keep the rice mound no higher than 2-3 inches to ensure even and quick cooking. Cover the rice mound with a pot cover that domes up a bit higher than the height of the rice mound. The cover does not have to match the size of the pot opening; as long as it doesn’t touch the rice and can sit on the screen, it’s fine. The amount of steaming time depends on the amount of rice. It would be good to flip the rice once half way through the steaming to ensure even cooking and prevent the bottom of the rice mound from getting too soggy. Once the rice is cooked, remove the splatter guard from the water and scrape the rice off the screen. The cooked rice should slide right off. This method works well with other easy steaming jobs. I’ve made beautiful Thai curried fish custard in banana leaf cups and many other things this way. You can also use a splatter screen to sift flour or play indoor badminton with, swat a fly in the kitchen, and, of course, as a splatter guard.