Sabudana Kheer

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Ingredients Needed For Sabudana Kheer:

•  Sago/Javarisi/sabudana - 1/3 cup

•    Sugar - 1/4 -1/3 cup (depending on the sweetness you want)

•    Milk - 5 cups

•    Cashew nuts - 6-8 chopped

•    Almonds - 5 (blanched and slivered*)

•    Saffron - few strands

•    Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

•    Ghee - 1 tsp

Traditional Sweets

Preparation

• Soak sabudana in just enough water to cover it for 1 hour. After that is should be fluffy and plump. Keep it aside.

• Heat a tsp of ghee and roast the nuts (cashews & almonds) and raisins separately.

• Soak saffron is a tbsp of milk.

Method

• In a heavy bottom pan/ kadai, boil milk. Simmer and let the milk reduce a little.

• Then add the soaked sabudana, simmer and cook till it is soft. Keep stirring now and then, so that the sago gets cooked evenly and does not stick together.

• Add saffron and sugar and cook till sugar dissolves on medium heat.

• Then add the nuts, raisins and cardamom powder. Mix well.

• Serve hot or cold.

• Now that it is festival season, enjoy preparing this delicious sabudana payasam.

Note: 

• This kheer tends to thicken as it cools, you can add milk to get the desired consistency.

• blanched- Soak almonds in hot water for 1/2 an hour, remove the skin.

• slivered - cut it into small, thin, narrow pieces.