Name: Sago and Arrowroot
Ingredients: sago; water

Sago and Arrowroot

Ingredients

sago
water

Directions

Wash the sago thoroughly with water.
Soak the sago in water until it absorbs moisture and swells.
Cook the soaked sago in boiling water, stirring constantly until it becomes translucent and forms a mucilaginous consistency.
Serve as a pudding or gruel, optionally adding sweeteners or flavorings to taste.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.