How to Cook Big Sago Pearls

2 ways of cooking big sago pearls: Learning how to cook big sago pearls is a great challenge for me. I have tried many different methods found on the web but they don’t seem to work for my big sago.

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Cook Time 20

Soaking time 2 30

Total Time 2 50

Course Dessert

Cuisine Southeast Asia

Servings serving

Calories 26 kcal

Ingredients

150 g big sago
2.2 L water 2L + 200ml

Instructions

Method 1 of cooking big sago (Soaking for 6 hours):

Bring 2 Litre of water to the boil, add in 200 ml of water, add in big sago.
Bring to the boil again, turn to low heat, cook without cover for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
After 15 minutes, bring to the boil again, off the heat, cover, let sago soaks for 1 hour 30 minutes (1st time).
Repeat the same steps: Bring to the boil, off the heat, cover, let sago soaks for 1 hour 30 minutes (2nd, 3rd, 4th time), until big sago is translucent.
After 3rd and 4th

Method 2 of cooking big sago (Soaking for 12 hours or overnight):

Bring 2 litre of water to the boil, add in 200 ml of water, add in big sago.
Bring to the boil again, turn to low heat, cook without cover for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
After 30 minutes, off the heat, cover, let sago soaks for 12 hours or overnight.
After soaking for 12 hours or overnight…
Bring to the boil again, off the heat, cover, let sago soaks for 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes, until big sago is translucent.

After big sago is cooked until translucent (with some white part in the centre, if it is soaked until fully translucent, its texture will be less chewy) :

Drain off the water.
Rinse with running water until completely cooled.
When cooled, transfer to a container and soak with plain water for later use.
Keep refrigerated and consume within 2 days (the longer the sago is soaked in water, the less chewy the texture will be).