Sabudana kheer/sago payasam

Name: Sabudana kheer/sago payasam
Total time: 1800 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup sago; 1/4 cup water; 1 cup milk; 1/2 cup jaggery; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; 8-10 cashews; 8-10 raisins; 1 1/4 tbsP ghee

deoyani @rani_

A traditional recipe from Tamil Nadu. Very nutritious and tasty.

deoyani @rani_

A traditional recipe from Tamil Nadu. Very nutritious and tasty.

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Ingredients

30 minutes

1/4 cupsago
1/4 cupwater
1 cupmilk
1/2 cupjaggery
1/4 tspcardamom powder
8-10cashews
8-10raisins
1 1/4 tbsPghee

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Rinse the sago well and soaked in 1/4 cup of water for at least 2 hours.
2

Heat the1/4 tbs ghee in a pan on low medium flame. Add cashews and raisins and until it is lightly golden. Remove the nuts and raisins and keep them aside.
3

Transfer the soaked sago to the same pan then add milk. Cook and stir in between until it transparent. You may add milk if required.
4

Add cardamom powder mix well and turn off the gas.
5

Meanwhile to make a jaggery syrup dissolve the jaggery in 4 tbs water. Bring it to boil. Stir well. Simmer it until it dissolves and slightly thickened.
6

Filter the jaggery syrup. Keep aside. Mix both jaggery syrup and sago when they are warm. Remember not to add hot syrup to payasam.
7

Add 1 tbsp ghee and fried nuts. Payasam is ready to Serve.