Sabudana Kheer | Vrat Ki Kheer | Upvas Kheer | Tapioca Pudding
Sabudana kheer in English translates to Tapioca pudding made with tapioca pearls cooked in creamy milk and garnished with roasted dry fruits and aromatic spice. This is a vegetarian, gluten-free dessert and beginner-friendly recipe. Made during upvas / vrat / fasting.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Soaked Sabudana (Tapioca)
- 4 cups Water for cooking
- 1 cup Sugar (adjust as per your preference)
- 1/2 litre Full-Fat Milk
- 2 teaspoons Saffron Milk OR 10-15 strands of Saffron
- 1 teaspoon Cardamon Powder
- A handful of Roasted Nuts
- 1 teaspoon Ghee
Instructions
- Soak sabudana overnight or for 6-7 hours.
- In a small mixing bowl, add 15-20 strands of saffron and 2 tablespoons warm milk. Let the saffron strand soak in the warm milk for about 20-30 minutes. Alternatively, you can use saffron syrup and add it to the warm milk.
- In a pan, heat a teaspoon of ghee and roast almond, pistachio, cashew and raisin. Roast for 2 minutes on low flame. Roast till they get golden brown in colour. Keep aside to cool.
- In a heavy bottom, pan add 4 cups of water and let the water come to a boil.
- Once the water comes to a boil, add in the soaked sabudana and cook the pearls.
- Once the sabudana / tapioca pearls turns transparent and are cooked well add sugar and mix.
- Add the milk and continue to cook.
- Add a teaspoon of cardamon powder along with the roasted nuts and saffron milk.
- Let the sabudana kheer simmer for about 10 minutes so all the flavours are nicely incorporated in the kheer.
- Keep on stirring the kheer / pudding so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Sabudana Kheer / Tapioca Pudding is ready.
- Serve warm or chilled.
Notes
SOME IMPORTANT TIPS
How to check if sabudana is properly cooked: Once sabudana / tapioca pearls turn soft and sticky and they look transparent, that's the indication that the sabudana is cooked completely.
Instead of sugar, you can add jaggery, coconut sugar or any sweetener.
For nuts: You can add nuts of your choice or even skip them totally. I have roasted the nuts in this recipe, but you can add them without roasting too.
For vegan option: You can make use of coconut milk or almond milk. Just make sure not to boil the milk and instead of roasting nuts in ghee, add them directly into the kheer / pudding or you can totally skip them altogether.
