Seeme Akki Payasa is one of the festival recipes. Tapioca pearls, also known as boba or Seeme Akki Sago, sabbakki, saggubiyyam are produced by passing the moist starch through a sieve under pressure. Pearl tapioca is a common ingredient in Asian desserts and in sweet drinks,  where they provide a chewy contrast to the sweetness and texture of the drink.  We use this pearls to  make delicious dessert – Payasa / Kheer . There are several different ways this payasam can be prepared, I am sharing my mother’s recipe here. She uses the  fried pearls to make the payasam.