A taste of Malaysia: sago pudding with palm sugar (sago gula melaka) recipe
By Suyaishar Sebastian
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoon Sago
- 31 oz of water
- 8 ½ oz of coconut milk
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- 70g palm sugar (Gula Melaka)
- 2 Pandan leaves
Instructions:
Step 1: Cooking the Sago
Pour the sago into boiling water until it turns translucent. In order to have firmer sago pudding, rinse the sago under running water to remove starch; this is optional.
Step 2: Molding the Sago
To mold the sago, place them into small bowls or in a muffin pan. Keep them refrigerated for at least 2-3 hours.
Step 3: Boiling coconut milk and melting palm sugar
Boil the coconut milk with a dash of salt and set it aside. In a clean pot, melt the palm sugar in water over low to medium heat along with the Pandan leaves. Mix them well and set it aside. Leave the coconut milk and palm sugar to cool to room temperature.
Step 4: Assembling the pudding
Once the sago pudding is ready, pour some coconut milk on it and drizzle some palm sugar syrup over it.