Sago Pudding Recipe
 Malaysian Recipes

Ingredients:

450 ml/ 16 fl oz/ 2 cups
175 g/ 6 oz
350 ml/ 12 fl oz/ 1 1/2 cups
55 ml/ 2 fl oz/ 1/4 cup

Syrup:
150 g/ 5 oz
small piece
1
 

milk or water
sago, rinsed
coconut milk
single (light) cream

palm sugar or brown sugar
fresh ginger root or lemon grass
pandan leaf
 

Method:

1. In a saucepan, bring milk or water to a boil. add sago, stir and simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Cool slightly and spoon into individual glass dishes. Cool completely then refrigerate.

2. To make syrup, in a saucepan, gently heat sugar with 175 ml (6 fl oz/ 3/4 cup) water and the ginger or lemon grass, and pandan leaf, if using, stirring with a wooden spoon until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil. Simmer for a few minutes until syrup thickens. strain and leave to cool.

3. Mix together coconut milk and cream, then chill. To serve, pour creamy coconut milk around edges of sago puddings. Make a well in the centre of the puddings and pour in some of the syrup.

Serves 6.