Sticky Rice Stuffing Recipe

Name: Sticky Rice Stuffing Recipe
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups Japanese-style glutinous rice; 4 slices fresh ginger; 1 bunch cilantro; 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled and smashed; 8 links Chinese sausage; 1/3 cup duck fat, lard or neutral-flavored oil (such as rice bran); 1/4 pound salted ling cod or dried shrimp; 1/2 pound king trumpet (also known as royal trumpet) mushrooms, sliced; 1 cup scallions, sliced; Salt and pepper, to taste; 3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted; 1 bunch basil, preferably Thai