Sabudana Kheer (Tapioca Pudding)

By: Manjula Jain

Serving : 4 people

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Sabudana Kheer (Tapioca Pudding)

Sabudana kheer is a gourmet dessert. Kheer is lightly flavored with cardamom and saffron. This is a quick & easy recipe to make.

Sabudana Kheer Pudding

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup tapioca (sabudana, sago)
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios
  • Few strands of saffron
  • 1/4  teaspoon cardamom powder

Instructions

Method

  • Wash and soak the tapioca in about 1/3 cups of water for at least two hour, Sabudana will soak up most of the water and become light and fluffy.
  • Boil the milk in heavy bottom pan after milk comes to boil let it boil for about another 8 to 10 minutes making sure stirring occasionally so milk does not burn in bottom of the pan.
  • Add the tapioca cook until tapioca is soft and has become translucent this should take about 4 minutes.
  • Next add sugar, cardamom, pistachios, and saffron and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat. As kheer will cool become little thicker in consistency.
  • Kheer can be served chilled or warm.
Sabudana Kheer Pudding

Sabudana Kheer (Tapioca Pudding)

Sabudana kheer is a gourmet dessert. Kheer is lightly flavored with cardamom and saffron. This is a quick & easy recipe to make.
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Course Dessert, kheer
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup tapioca (sabudana, sago)
  • 3 cups milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sliced pistachios
  • Few strands of saffron
  • 1/4  teaspoon cardamom powder

Instructions
 

Method

  • Wash and soak the tapioca in about 1/3 cups of water for at least two hour, Sabudana will soak up most of the water and become light and fluffy.
  • Boil the milk in heavy bottom pan after milk comes to boil let it boil for about another 8 to 10 minutes making sure stirring occasionally so milk does not burn in bottom of the pan.
  • Add the tapioca cook until tapioca is soft and has become translucent this should take about 4 minutes.
  • Next add sugar, cardamom, pistachios, and saffron and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn off the heat. As kheer will cool become little thicker in consistency.
  • Kheer can be served chilled or warm.
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    Sarah
    May 12, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    My tapioca absorbed the water fully in about 20 min. Should I add more?

      Manjula Jain
      May 19, 2018 at 8:48 am

      Sarah, may be little more not much

    Lois
    March 31, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    Hi there, I’ve tried lots of your recipes and they’ve turned out great. This one tasted good, but the tapioca wasn’t cooked. I followed the directions exactly, even cooking it a little extra. It’s one of my husband’s favorite desserts, so I’d really like to be able to make it for him. Any suggestions?

      Manjula Jain
      April 4, 2018 at 10:57 pm

      Lois, soak the sabudana for 5-6 hours

    Nargis khan
    December 27, 2016 at 1:13 am

    Manjula g thank u soo much to make people worth cooking actyally it’s me only who doesnt know hw to cook bt its simple now after seeing ur videos

      Manjula Jain
      December 27, 2016 at 9:48 am

      Nargis, Thank you

    Nargis khan
    December 27, 2016 at 1:10 am

    ManjulaG thank u soo much I just don’t know hw to cook Bt after seeing ur recipes I m becoming master So thanks a million maam

    Kelly DeWyse
    November 28, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    Gorgeous tapioca pudding! I made a double batch, my whole family loved it. It’s two days later and I am making more!

      Manjula Jain
      November 29, 2016 at 1:29 am

      Kelly, Thank you, it makes me happy

    Anita varma
    June 18, 2015 at 2:33 pm

    Very easi recipe..thanks Manjula Ji !!

    prathyu
    December 21, 2013 at 4:39 am

    wat is sabudana how does it luk????

      Manjula Jain
      December 21, 2013 at 6:48 am

      Prathyu,
      Sabudana in english known as Tapioca and they look like white pearls

    shruthi
    December 21, 2013 at 4:10 am

    Thanks for the delicious recipe

    shruthi
    December 21, 2013 at 4:05 am

    Thanks for the delicious recipe.

    yasmin
    December 21, 2013 at 1:31 am

    I like ur receipe and looking forward for more. What abt how to make bhajre ki roti.

      Manjula Jain
      December 21, 2013 at 6:50 am

      yasmin,
      bhajri roti is in my list to do

    M.Y.Manjula (janu)
    December 17, 2012 at 12:54 am

    nice

    Indira
    February 5, 2012 at 11:03 am

    Dear Manjula,

    I love your website and your recipies are nice and simple to follow. I tried coconut burfi and it was excellent. I will be trying many more of your dessert dishes!

    Indira

    pankajam
    October 12, 2011 at 7:30 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for the recipe. Mine did not turn out as yours, though tasted excellent. After I added sabudana, my milk curdled.

    What did I do wrong? I did put the soaked sago in hot milk. I kept stirring too.

    Also my sabudana is very powdery. As I washed a lot of powder came, which I drained and then I have to wash the soaked sabudana too, as there was a lot more white powder again. I ended up with very little puffy sabudana compared to the amount I soaked. Is there a difference in sago?

    mili
    September 14, 2011 at 9:36 pm

    Hi Aunty,

    Thank u for such a delicious recipe. Could u tell me which brand of saffron you are using? The one I have is not giving proper color.

    mahmoodkhanwasifi
    August 31, 2011 at 9:54 am

    good

    Jasbir
    July 31, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    hi. very tasty and awesome. do u have a restaurant to somethiin? nuff said, plz reply XD 🙂

    loreto
    July 17, 2011 at 4:19 am

    Great recipe…thanx

    loreto
    July 17, 2011 at 4:18 am

    the recipe is too good..thanx:)

    Roshni
    May 8, 2011 at 1:03 am

    This was so yummy, it’s hard to believe that sabudana can taste so…………….. good. Thank you very much for this awesome recipe.

    rachel
    February 8, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Greetings~ I found your site while looking for how to make tapioca pudding after yesterday when I tried to make tapioca following recipe on back of package of tapioca which failed miserably (it turned into giant blob of goo).
    So, today I will try yours and also your site is so helpful and easy to use, so thank you for posting like this, I will definately try some of your other recipes. The video is very helpful for a young person like me with no reference for how it should look in reality! ; ) Regards~

    mela khan
    November 5, 2010 at 1:24 pm

    is it alright if you don’t add tapioca

    nazleen
    October 15, 2010 at 12:33 pm

    very easy and delicious Thanks aunty jee !!!!!!!!!!

    Sindhu
    October 13, 2010 at 2:39 am

    Hi Aunty,

    Please could you make Gatte ki sabzi someday? Though I have found lots of videos for it on Google, but I am really waiting for the recipe from you

    -S

    Mary
    October 12, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    Waiting for bhel puri recipe, Manjula ji.

      Manjula Jain
      October 12, 2010 at 4:13 pm

      Mary,
      Bhel puri recipe should be on by friday.

    Lakshmi
    September 20, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Aunty,

    I made ur veg biriyani today..It tasted very good…Thanks for sharing the receipe…It smells too good..

    soni
    September 19, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Delicious! I can’t believe the simple, humble saboodana of my childhood will appear one day in this gourmet avataar!!!
    You are a life saver for so many people like me!!
    Thank you so much!

    Mia
    September 15, 2010 at 2:36 am

    So delicious!!!

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    Hari Chandana
    September 11, 2010 at 12:07 am

    Yummy and delicious kheer.. thanks for sharing !!