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Sabudana Rabdi

Sabudana Rabdi - Rich creamy tapioca pearl pudding made with homemade evaporated milk infused with saffron and cardamom, loaded with nuts to add just a right amount of crunch to the creaminess!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 10 cup Whole Milk
  • 1 cup Sabudana sago or tapioca pearls
  • cup Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Dry Nuts Powder Grind 1 tbsp of pistachio, 1 tbsp of almond and 1 tbsp of cashew to make grainy powder
  • 1 tsp Ghee
  • ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
  • 10 Strings Saffron

Instructions

  • Rinse sabudana/tapioca pearls few time with warm water till the white stuff almost runs out. Soak rinsed sabudana/tapioca pearls in hot water, just enough water to come up to sabudana level. Soak them for an hour.
  • Coat heavy bottom deep pan with some ghee using your fingers. Pour 10 cups of whole milk in the greased pot. Add 10 strings of saffron to milk.
  • Bring milk to boil, turn the heat down to medium so that the milk starts to simmer.
  • Keep boiling/simmering the milk till it reduces to almost half or third of the initial amount.
  • Add nut powder, cardamom and sugar. Mix well.
  • Add soaked sabudana/tapioca pearls to the milk and keep simmering/boiling till the sabudana/tapioca pearls becomes transparent and soft on pressing.
  • Turn the heat off, let it cool down. Serve it room temp or cold with some more nut powder as garnishing.
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