English name: Sago
Hindi name: Sabudhana
Tamil name: Javarisi
Botanical name: Metroxylon sagu (tapioca)
Sago is tapioca starch or cassava starch granule.
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Recipe 1
Ingredients
1. Sago – 1 cup
2. Water – 8 cups
3. Pepper – ½ spoon
4. Cumin seeds – ½ spoon
Preparation:
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1. Add water to sago and cook well.
2. Add buttermilk and the powders of pepper& cumin seeds.
3. Mix well and serve hot
Recipe 2
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Ingredients:
1. Sago – 1 cup
2. Water – 8 cups
3. Milk – 1 cup
4. Palm sugar – 4 tsp
5. Cardamom – 2 (powdered)
Preparation:
1. Add water to sago and cook well.
2. Take off from fire.
3. Add milk, palm sugar and cardamom powder to it.
4. Mix well and serve.
Properties:
- It balances vata and pitta
- It is very light to digest
- Good for Diabetics
- Offsets Osteoporosis
- Relieves Leucorrhoea
Sago – Sabudhana
Yavagu – a diet in porridge-like consistency
Vata, Pitta - Repeat box
Dosha - Literally that which can go out of balance. Body humor
