Chowari Payasam / Sago Payasam / Sabudana Kheer

Yummyyyyyyyyy !!!!

Ingredients

Chowari/Sago/Sabudana/Tapioca Pearls: 1 Cup
Water: 3 Cups
Milk: 3 Cups
Sugar: 8 Table Spoon
Saffron: A few strands soaked in 1 table spoon of milk
Cashew nuts and Raisins fried in ghee: Optional

Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Method

Soak chowari in 2 cups of water till it swells up and becomes soft ( 3 to 4 hours)

To a pan pour milk, 1 cup of water and sugar and mix well
Drain water from the soaked chowari and add it to the milk mix and cook on medium flame
Keep stirring and cook for about 20 minutes. By the time the mixture will start to thicken and chowari will be cooked well
Switch off the flame and add soaked saffron to it and combine well
Can add cashew nuts and raisins fried in ghee if you wish to
Keep aside and let it cool
Serve cold

Note:
Increase or decrease the sugar as per your wish
Can add condensed milk if you like it to be more sweet
At the end can add a pinch of cardamom powder or 2 to 3 drops of rose water
I personally like adding rose water and without cashew nuts and raisins.
I also add little evaporated milk at the end to give it that light pink color.