sago
sago — noun
1. A starchy substance taken from the inside of sago palm trunks. It is sold as sma
A starchy substance taken from the inside of sago palm trunks. It is sold as small white grains or a fine powder and is used in cooking to make desserts or to thicken sauces.
Hui bought a bag of sago to make sweet soup for the whole family.
sago used in sweet soups
Padma stirred the sago into coconut milk until the pearls turned clear and thick.
sago + coconut milk — common cooking method
Luca's grandmother taught him how to cook sago pudding with vanilla and sugar.
The recipe calls for two tablespoons of sago to thicken the fruit sauce.
Nia soaked the sago pearls in water before adding them to the dessert.
- tapioca
a similar starch used in desserts, but made from cassava root rather than sago palm; more common in Western cooking
- cornstarch
a finer starch used for thickening sauces, made from corn; more widely available than sago
用法筆記
Sago is often sold as 'sago pearls' — small white balls that swell and turn translucent when cooked. It is similar to tapioca, but tapioca comes from the cassava root while sago comes from the sago palm trunk.