Saqo Porridge
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the sago in cold water for 10 minutes.
Boil the soaked sago gently for 1 hour.
Season with a little sugar.
Pour into soup plates.
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.
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What each ingredient does
- Sago
- Starch that thickens the water into a soft, porridge-like texture as it cooks.
The step that matters
Boil the soaked sago gently for 1 hour. Sago needs a long, gentle simmer so the starch granules swell and soften fully. Rushing this leaves the grains hard and the porridge cloudy and grainy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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