6 Super Soft and Sweet Sago Pudding Recipes, Perfect for Takjil

Sago pudding is one of Indonesia's traditional foods that always whets the appetite. Its soft texture combined with sweet sauce makes it a favorite dish on various occasions. You can make the pudding yourself at home. After all, there are various sago pudding recipes that can be easily made.

Cooking sago pudding does not require special skills. By following the right steps, you can serve this dish for your family. Sago pudding is also suitable to be enjoyed warm or cold. The diverse variations, such as green sago pudding, pearl sago, and even without coconut milk, provide interesting options to try.

Interested in trying to make sago pudding at home? If so, here are some sago pudding recipes that are super soft and sweet.

1. Soft Rice Flour Porridge

This first recipe is a classic soft rice flour porridge that is easy to make. Its smooth texture makes it a favorite dish for many. Here is the recipe for soft rice flour porridge that melts in your mouth:

Ingredients:

• 50 grams rice flour

• 500 ml coconut milk

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 pandan leaf

Ingredients for Kinca Sauce:

• 150 grams brown sugar

• 1 tsp granulated sugar

• 150 ml water

• 1 pandan leaf

How to Make:

1. Mix 250 ml of coconut milk with rice flour. Stir until there are no lumps.

2. Boil 250 ml of coconut milk with the pandan leaf and salt. Cook until boiling. Add the mixture of coconut milk and rice flour, stirring until thickened and bubbling. Turn off the heat.

3. For the kinca sauce, boil all the ingredients until boiling. Strain before serving.

4. Serve the rice flour porridge with kinca sauce.

2. Green Rice Flour Pudding

Green rice flour pudding has an attractive color thanks to the addition of pandan paste. It tastes delicious with a touch of fragrant pandan aroma. Here is the recipe for fragrant green rice flour pudding:

Ingredients for Pudding:

• 150 grams rice flour

• 65 ml coconut milk

• 750 ml water

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 knot of pandan leaves

• 1 tsp pandan paste

Ingredients for Sugar Sauce:

• 5 pieces of palm sugar, finely grated

• 250 ml water

• 1 knot of pandan leaves

• 1/4 tsp salt

How to Make:

1. Mix coconut milk, water, and pandan leaves. Divide into two parts. One part is boiled, while the other part is mixed with rice flour and pandan paste.

2. Pour the rice flour mixture into the boiling coconut milk solution. Cook until thickened.

3. For the sugar sauce, cook all the ingredients until boiling.

4. Serve the green rice flour pudding with the sugar sauce.

3. Rice Flour Pudding Without Coconut Milk

Rice Pudding Without Coconut Milk (credit: flickr)

For a healthier variation, this rice flour pudding without coconut milk uses liquid milk as a substitute for coconut milk. Here is the recipe for rice flour pudding without coconut milk:

Ingredients:

• 200 grams rice flour

• 250 ml liquid milk

• 100 ml water

• 1/2 tsp salt

• 2 sheets of pandan leaves

Sugar Sauce Ingredients:

• 300 grams brown sugar

• 350 ml water

• 3 tbsp granulated sugar

• 1 sheet of pandan leaf

How to Make:

1. Heat water until boiling. Add liquid milk, salt, and rice flour. Stir until thickened.

2. Add pandan leaves, then cook until done. Remove from heat.

3. Boil the sauce ingredients until the sugar dissolves.

4. Serve the rice flour pudding without coconut milk with the sugar sauce.

4. Pearl Rice Pudding

The addition of pearl sago gives a chewy texture to this rice pudding. Perfect for those of you who want to try something different. Here is a recipe for rice pudding with pearls that you can try:

Ingredients for the Pudding:

• 100 grams of rice flour

• 1 liter of coconut milk

• 2 pandan leaves

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 75 grams of pearl sago, boiled and drained

Ingredients for the Sauce:

• 250 grams of brown sugar, shaved

• 5 tbsp of granulated sugar

• 2 pandan leaves

• 250 ml of water

How to Make:

1. Mix all the pudding ingredients except for the pearl sago. Cook over low heat while stirring until thickened. Add the pearl sago, stir briefly. Remove from heat.

2. Cook the sauce ingredients until the sugar dissolves and it boils. Strain.

3. Serve the pearl pudding with the sugar sauce.

5. Young Coconut Sago Pudding

Young Coconut Sago Pudding (credit: flickr)

This final recipe uses additional ingredients such as young coconut for a unique taste and texture. Here is the recipe for the unique and delicious young coconut sago pudding:

Pudding Ingredients:

• 125 grams sago flour

• 200 ml coconut milk

• 100 grams brown sugar

• 15 grams granulated sugar

• 150 ml water

• 1 pandan leaf

Sauce Ingredients:

• 150 ml coconut milk

• 100 ml water

• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

• 1 pandan leaf

• A pinch of salt

Instructions:

1. For the sauce, cook all the ingredients over low heat. Let it cool.

2. Mix the brown sugar, granulated sugar, water, and pandan leaf in a pot. Cook until dissolved.

3. Add the coconut milk and sago flour into the mixture. Cook until thickened.

4. Serve the pudding with the coconut sauce.

6. Candil Sago Pudding

This pudding is complemented with chewy and sweet candil balls. It is best enjoyed warm. Here is the recipe for candil sago pudding that you can try making:

Ingredients:

• 100 grams rice flour

• 65 ml coconut milk

• 800 ml water

• 1/3 tsp salt

Ingredients for Candil:

• 250 grams sweet potato, steamed and mashed

• 80 grams sago flour

• 800 ml water

• 150 grams palm sugar

• 4 tbsp granulated sugar

• 2 pandan leaves

Instructions:

1. Mix the coconut milk with water and salt. Cook until boiling. Dissolve the rice flour with the remaining water, then add it to the coconut milk. Cook until thickened.

2. Mix the sweet potato with the sago flour. Shape into small balls.

3. Boil water with palm sugar and pandan leaves. Add the candil balls and cook until they float. Add the sago solution, cook until the sauce thickens.

4. Serve the candil pudding with the sauce.

Those are some recipes for soft and sweet sago pudding, making it perfect as a snack, especially for iftar. Happy trying!

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