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Sago Pudding
Also known as: ساغو
Chilled Malaysian sago pudding served with coconut milk and pandan-scented palm-sugar syrup.
About Sago Pudding
Sago Gula Melaka is a Malaysian style of sago pudding made from chilled translucent pearls with coconut milk and palm-sugar syrup. This profile follows the complete Nyonya Cooking version.
Coconut milk is creamy and lightly salty, balancing the deep caramel and toffee notes of palm sugar. Pandan adds a soft grassy-vanilla fragrance while the sago itself remains delicate and neutral.
The pudding forms a small clear-to-cloudy mound of glossy pearls with a softly bouncy texture. White coconut milk and dark amber syrup flow around and over the chilled mould.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Sago Pudding
Malaysian Sago Gula Melaka.
- Sago pearlsTranslucent pudding body
- WaterCooks the pearls and loosens the syrup
- Coconut milkCreamy serving sauce
- SaltBalances the coconut milk
- Palm sugarDark caramel-like syrup
- Pandan leafFragrant syrup infusion
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Sago pearls:
- Water:
- Coconut milk:
- Salt:
- Palm sugar:
- Pandan leaf:
Origins & food traditions
Nyonya Cooking identifies this pudding as sago gula Melaka, popular in Malaysia and Singapore, and provides the complete sago, coconut milk, palm sugar, pandan and salt formula. The Malaysian cuisine reference independently corroborates the set-pudding form drizzled with coconut milk and gula Melaka syrup.
Countries
- Malaysia
- BahrainCatalogue link pending review
- KuwaitCatalogue link pending review
- Papua New GuineaCatalogue link pending review
- OmanCatalogue link pending review
- United Arab EmiratesCatalogue link pending review
- Papua New GuineaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Malaysian Cuisine
- Nyonya Cuisine
- Southeast Asian Cuisine
- Papua New Guinean Traditional CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Emirati CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bahraini CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Omani CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Sepik River CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Kuwaiti CuisineCatalogue link pending review