Rice-Based Desserts You Can Try Making

Rice is such a versatile base for desserts! Across cultures, it’s used in puddings, cakes, sweets, and even frozen treats. Here are some **rice-based desserts you can try making**:

### 🍚 Classic Rice Puddings

1. **Kheer (India)** – Creamy rice pudding cooked with milk, cardamom, saffron, and garnished with nuts.

2. **Arroz con Leche (Spain/Latin America)** – Cinnamon-flavored rice pudding made with milk and sugar.

3. **Rice Payasam (South India)** – Similar to kheer, but often made with jaggery and coconut milk.

4. **Swedish Risgrynsgröt** – Christmas rice porridge, often served with cinnamon and butter.

### 🍮 Rice Cakes & Bakes

5. **Sticky Rice with Mango (Thailand)** – Sweet glutinous rice paired with fresh mango and coconut milk.

6. **Bibingka (Philippines)** – A baked rice cake made with coconut milk, often topped with salted egg and cheese.

7. **Nian Gao (China)** – Sweet sticky rice cake enjoyed during Lunar New Year.

8. **Biko (Philippines)** – Sticky rice cooked in coconut milk and brown sugar, topped with latik (caramelized coconut).

### 🍡 Rice Dumplings & Sweets

9. **Modak (India)** – Steamed dumplings with rice flour dough and a coconut-jaggery filling.

10. **Tangyuan (China)** – Glutinous rice balls often filled with sesame or peanut paste, served in sweet syrup.

11. **Mochi (Japan)** – Chewy rice cake, sometimes filled with red bean paste, ice cream, or fruit.

12. **Pulut Inti (Malaysia)** – Blue-tinted glutinous rice topped with sweet coconut filling, wrapped in banana leaves.

### 🍦 Chilled & Frozen Rice Treats

13. **Sweet Rice Ice Cream (Japan/Asia-inspired)** – Creamy ice cream with mochi or sweet rice mixed in.

14. **Coconut Rice Pudding Parfait** – Layered with fruits like mango, berries, or banana.

15. **Rice Custard Tart (Portugal/Spain influence)** – A creamy custard tart with a rice pudding base.

👉 If you want, I can give you **detailed recipes** for a few of these (like kheer, sticky rice with mango, or mochi) depending on whether you’d prefer something creamy, chewy, or fruity.

Would you like me to pick a few **easy beginner-friendly rice desserts** and write step-by-step recipes?