Homemade Chinese Coconut Pudding With Sago
Deciding what to serve for dessert? I recommend you try my homemade Chinese coconut sago pudding recipe using only 5 ingredients. It is chewy, sweet, and coconutty, with a hint of dragon fruit juice. Preparing this recipe takes only less than 30 minutes, making it a quick and easy dessert to serve after a savory meal. If you loved this recipe, try my other pudding recipe too, Eggless Homemade Mango Pudding.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 80 g Sago pearls
- Cold water to rinse sago pearls
- 10 g gelatin
- Cold water to soak gelatin
- 200 g coconut cream
- 30 g white sugar
- 1 tbsp dragon fruit juice
- Mango cubes and mint leaves for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Boil water in a pot.
- 2
Once the water boils, add the sago and cook on low heat for 15 minutes while stirring continuously. It's important to stir continuously to avoid the sago from sticking together.
- 3
After 15 minutes, turn off the heat and let it sit in the hot water for an additional 15 minutes. It should become translucent after 15 minutes.
- 4
Then, rinse the sago in cold water and set aside.
- 5
Soak the gelatin in cold water for 10 minutes.
- 6
After 10 minutes, it should become jelly-like.
- 7
Pour coconut cream and sugar into a pot.
- 8
Heat the mixture on low heat until the sugar melts.
- 9
Turn off the fire once the sugar melts.
- 10
Then, add the soaked gelatin and stir until it dissolves.
- 11
Next, mix the dragon fruit juice until the mixture becomes pink.
- 12
Prepare your chosen mold.
- 13
Pour the mixture into the mold. It is recommended that the mold is filled about 70% full to allow enough space for the sago pearls.
- 14
Then, add a spoonful of sago pearls and stir well. The sago pearls should be evenly distributed into the mold.
- 15
Refrigerate the pudding for about 4 hours or until it becomes firm.
- 16
Once it becomes firm, remove the pudding from the mold and add mango cubes and mint leaf on top.
- 17
Enjoy and serve it while cold. The dessert can be stored in the fridge for up to five days.