Mango Sago Pudding

The best thing about living in a four seasons country is the food harvest from each season. This is our first spring/summer in Melbourne and currently mangoes are in season. At the vege market near our place, a tray of Kensington mangoes is selling at $15 for about 12 pieces (mid size ones) which is pretty reasonable. However, hubby is not too fond of Aussie's mangoes so we did not buy a tray but a few fruits each time I shop. He will buy the Thai's King mango instead. :P

I got this free magazine from one of the local supermarket and spotted the recipe for mango sago pudding and thought I should give it a go since I have some ripe Kensington and some coconut milk balanced from my laksa a few days ago.

The recipe called for the syrup from the canned mango so I decided to modify the ingredients' portion as I know it will be very sweet if I follow the recipe to the dot. After mixing the mango puree, the color was not too 'bright' yellow so I decided to 'pump' it up by adding a small squirt of yellow food coloring which turned out gorgeously. :)

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Ingredients

• 1 can Mango in syrup (I used the 425g can) - pureed


• 100 gm Sago


• 200 ml Water


• 50 gm Caster sugar


• 130 Coconut cream/milk


• 1 fresh Mango (half for puree and half for garnish)


• Yellow food coloring (optional)

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Methods

1. Drain mango slices and reserve the syrup. Puree the mango slices and set aside.


2. Rinse sago in running water and drain.


3. Combine the mango syrup, sago, water and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat stirring frequently.


4. Reduce the heat and simmer + stirring until all the sago turned translucent and the mixture is thick and sticky. This will take at least 20 minutes or so.


5. Add in the coconut milk, stir and simmer for another 5-6 minutes and remove from heat.


6. Mix in the pureed mango and stir till well combined. Add yellow coloring if you're not happy with the natural color (looks a bit greyish)


7. Spoon into ramekins, covered and chilled. Serve with cubed fresh mango.