Pumpkin sago dessert

Name: Pumpkin sago dessert
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: (estimates; adjust accordingly); 1/4 pumpkin (remove skin, seeds and cut into medium size pieces); 1/2 cup sago (soaked for 1/2 hour and rinsed with water); 1 cup coconut milk; 1 medium piece palm sugar; 4 pandan/screwpine leaves (4 to 5)

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Dessert

5 servings

Very Easy

55 min

Simple dessert with five ingredients; pumpkin, sago, coconut milk, pandan/screwpine leaves and palm sugar.

Ingredients

(estimates; adjust accordingly)
1/4 pumpkin (remove skin, seeds and cut into medium size pieces)
1/2 cup sago (soaked for 1/2 hour and rinsed with water)
1 cup coconut milk
1 medium piece palm sugar
4 pandan/screwpine leaves (4 to 5)

Preparation

Preparation30 min

Cook time25 min

Simmer sago with water till translucent.
Drain off water, rinse and keep aside.
Put pumpkin and pandan leaves in a pot with enough water (about 2 cups)
Simmer till tender.
Remove leaves and add translucent sago.
Stir and pour coconut milk.
When heated through, remove from heat.
Simmer palm sugar with enough water for a thick syrup.
Serve pumpkin sago with it.
(Note: alternatively, palm sugar can be added while simmering pumpkin).