Sabudana Kheer-Vrat Delight

Creamy sabudana kheer recipe for fasting days! Made with tapioca pearls, saffron, cardamom & milk. Perfect vrat dessert for Navratri, Ganesh poojan.
Sabudana Kheer
Sabudana Kheer, also known as Sago Pudding, is a favorite Indian sweets for fasting days like Jamashtami, Ganpati, Navratri and Ekadashi. Creamy, aromatic and gently sweet , it is a soul-enthusiastic treatment that is as elegant in plating as much as it comforts in taste.
Whether hot served in a brass bowl or cold in glass jar with saffron strands floating like golden threads, this is a celebration of ease and joy.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup Sabudana (Sago/Tapioca Pearls)
  • 4 cups full fat milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar (adjust to taste)
  • 1 pinch saffron strands
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • 1 tablespoon ghee
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cashew nuts
  • 1 teaspoon raisins
  • Water

Method:

  1. Rinse and Soak: Rinse the Sabudana properly until the water is clear. Soak in 3/4 cups of water for 1 hour.
  2. Boiling Milk: Firstly, boil milk in a thick bottomed pan, .
  3. Cooking  Sabudana: Add Soaked Sabudana in milk and cook it on medium flame for 12-15 min until it turns soft.
  4. Flavoring: For adding flavor take sugar, saffron and cardamom powder and stir it well and cook it for 2-3 minutes until sugar dissolved it turns slightly thickened.
  5. Nuts: Add fried cashews and raisins over the kheer and mix gently.
  6. Serve: To serve decorate with saffron strands or pistachios. You can eat it hot or chilled.

Serving and Tips:

  • Add condensed milk for richness or sprinkle of rose petals for visual drama for prosperity.
  • Paired with Farali Pattis, Rajgira Puri, or solo serving in fasting thalis.

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