Sago saffron kheer | Tapioca milk saffron pudding | Javvarisi kunguma poo payasam

Cuisine Style: South india | Cooking Time: 15 min | To Serve: 4 | Type: Sweet, dessert, diwali special sweet, kheer, payasam

Ingredients

• Sago [sabhudhana, Javvarisi] - 1 cup
• Milk – 3 ½ cups
• Saffron – few
• Jaggery or sugar – ½ cup
• Green cardamom powder - ½ tbsp
• Cashew nuts - 7
• Raisins - 6
• Pistachio - 4
• Almonds [sliced] -3
• Ghee - 3 tbsp

Preparation

• Wash & soak sago for 2 hours. Then drain water & keep it aside.
• Heat pan with ghee then roast cashew nuts, raisins, & pistachio keep it aside.
• In the same pan add milk & let it boil. When boiling, add saffron & sago, cook till soft.
• Then add sugar mix well. Finally add cardamom powder & cut off heat.
• Garnish with nuts & serve hot or chilled.

Tapioca milk & saffron pudding