Boeber

Boeber is the Cape Malay name for a South African pudding, a sweet milk drink made with vermicelli, sago and sugar and flavoured with cardamom, stick cinnamon and rose water. It is traditionally served on the fifteenth night of Ramadan to celebrate the middle of the fast, for those who have completed the first fifteen days of fasting, who are said to be op die berg, meaning they have reached the summit. Boeber was originally made by Cape Malays, whose ancestors came from Indonesia, East Africa and India, and its name is related to bubur, the Malay word for any kind of porridge. A similar drink called sawine or sewine is served in Trinidad and Tobago on Eid al-Fitr. Boeber most closely resembles kheer or payasam from the Indian subcontinent, which was likely introduced by Indian slaves or by the Indian immigrants of 1860, and the Afrikaans dish melkkos is similar. Ready-made boeber mixes are sold in some South African supermarkets, corner cafes and spice shops.