Sabudana Kheer:
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Sabudana ( sago)
4 cups/1 liter Milk
4 tbsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
4-5 Saffron strands(kesar), soak in 1 tbsp Milk
2 tbsp sliced Almonds (optional)
1/2 cup Water
Method:
- Wash sabudana in water and drain them.
- Soak them in 1/2 cup water for 2 hours. They will absorb almost all water and their size will increase. .
- Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan.
- When milk comes to boil, add sugar and stir well until it dissolves completely.
- Add soaked sabudana
- Cook them over medium heat until they turn transparent and soft . Make sure to stir continuously.
- Reduce heat to low and add cardamom powder and dissolved saffron.
- Stir continuously and cook until milk turns thick. It will take approx 5-7 minutes.
- Turn off heat and transfer prepared sabudana kheer to a serving bowl. Garnish it with sliced almonds and serve warm or chilled.