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Coconut sago / tapioca Dessert

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: sago
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients

90 g sago / tapioca pearls

400 ml coconut milk (1 can)

500 ml water

150 g granulated sugar

1 small parsnip, sweet potato, ube or taro, 1cm cubes cooked (optional)

Instructions

Put sago in a pot of boiling water, lid off for 10 minutes

    Turn off the heat and let it rest for 15 minutes. The sago will become transparent.

      Drain the sago and cool with cold water. Drain and repeat with cold water again, then drain and set aside.

        Peel and cut the purple sweet potato, sweet potato, potato or taro into small pieces. Steam half the sweet potato for 10 minutes or fully cooked. Then use fork to mash it to puree.

          Bring 500ml water to boil, add in the rest of the purple sweet potato, sweet potato, potato or taro. Cook for 10-15 minutes until softened.

            In another pot, add the coconut milk and sugar. Bring to a boil. Add the sago back to the pot and stir. Add cooked root veg.

              Eat hot or cool and put it into the fridge and consume when cold.

                Notes

                Notes
                If using the optional root veg, you can cook the cubed veg at the same time as step 4. Make sure your veg is cooked before adding the sago back in for step 5.