Boeber | Cape Malay Milk Dessert
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 175 gm thin vermicelli refer notes
- 1/2 cup sago soaked in water for 1/2 an hour
- 30-50 gm butter
- 3 cardamoms crushed
- 1 clove optional
- 1/2 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 1/2 litre milk
- 1/4 tin condensed milk use more for sweetness
- 2 tbsp rosewater
Instructions
- In a saucepan, melt butter. Sizzle the whole spices.
- Crush the vermicelli and add. Toast till slightly browned.
- Add half of the milk along with the drained sago and bring it to boil.
- Cook on low flame till the vermicelli soaks up the milk and the sago plumps up.
- Add the remaining milk along with condensed milk and simmer for around 5 minutes.
- Switch off and add rosewater. Serve hot or cold, garnished with chopped nuts of choice.
Notes
I used one whole pack of vermicelli. If you want the dessert to be of drinkable consistency, then reduce the quantity to half.