Sago Payasam Recipe

Sago Payasam Recipe

Ingredients:

Sago / Sabudana / Javarisi - 1 cup
Full Fat Milk - 1 liter
Sugar - 1 cup 
Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp
Saffron a pinch
Ripe Mango - 2 pureed
Ripe Mango - 1 chopped finely

Method:

Take sago in a bowl, soak it in water for 15 mins. Now drain it and add it in a pressure cooker, cover with water and pressure cook for 1 whistle. turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker, drain it and rinse it in lots of cold water, set aside.

Now take sugar and milk in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Once it boil, simmer and cook till it reduces a little.

Now add in the drained sago and cook for few more mins.

Take it off the heat and add in cardamom powder and saffron. Mix well. 

Pour this in a bowl and chill till it is cold. It will thicken a lot.

Now take mango in a blender,puree smooth. Add this into the cold kheer, add chopped mangoes as well. mix well.

Chill before serving. Serve cold.

Pictorial:

Take sago in a bowl

cover with water ad let it soak for 15 mins

take it in a cooker, cover with water

pressure cook for 1 whistle

strain it and rinse in cold water

now take sugar in a sauce pan

cover with milk

bring it to a boil and simmer for 15 to 20 mins till it reduces

add drained sago in

mix well..

simmer this for few more mins

now remove this to a bowl

ad cardamom powder

add some saffron

mix well and set aside to cool

you can see as it cools it thickens a lot

now take some mango flesh in a blender

puree till smooth

add it in

mix well

add chopped mangoes

i added some more milk to reach the perfect consistency..Chill before serving

Serve cold