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Taro pearl boba is the latest sensation among women seeking a delightful and visually stunning experience.
1. Quick Ways to Make Taro Pearl Boba at Home
Taro pearl boba is a recent fascination for many women due to its captivating and colorful appearance.
1. Making Taro Pearl Boba with Tapioca Starch
Ingredients for taro pearl boba with tapioca starch:
- 200g tapioca starch.
- 100g white sugar (Adjust sugar quantity based on preference).
- 50ml sugar syrup.
- 8 - 10 fresh taro flowers (Can be substituted with 5g dried taro flowers).
- 200ml filtered water.
- Cooking pot, gas stove, coarse salt, strainer, bowl, chopsticks, glass jar with lid, ….
Recipe for making taro pearl boba from tapioca starch:
- Step 1: Boil water
+ Pour water into an electric kettle, press the boil button, and wait for the water to boil.
- Step 2: Infuse and extract taro flower water
+ Put 10 fresh taro flowers into a glass jar with a lid, then pour 20ml of boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius into the jar, cover with the lid, and let it infuse for about 15 minutes until the taro flower water turns dark blue.
+ Next, strain the filtered taro flower water into a large bowl and remove the taro flower residue.
- Step 3: Knead taro flower dough with tapioca starch
+ Take another bowl for 200g tapioca starch and 100g white sugar, mix well with chopsticks.
+ Then, use a large salt shaker to pour the taro flower water brewed in step 2 slowly into the bowl with tapioca starch and white sugar, stirring well until the taro flower dough sticks together in a cylindrical shape and is non-sticky to the touch.
+ Continue, cover the bowl with taro flower dough using food wrap and let it sit for about 5 - 10 minutes for the dough to rise evenly.
- Step 4: Forming taro pearl boba using tapioca starch
+ When the taro flower dough has been kneaded and rested for about 10 minutes, remove the food wrap. Use your hands to take a sufficient amount of taro flower dough into the palm and roll it into taro pearl boba with a size of about 0.5 - 1 cm. Repeat this process until all the dough in the bowl is used up.
+ To prevent the taro pearl boba beads from sticking together, lightly sprinkle tapioca starch on them. To remove excess starch, shake the taro pearl boba beads through a strainer, removing all the excess starch.
- Step 5: Boiling taro pearl boba
+ Pour 1 liter of clean water into a cooking pot and place it on a gas stove at high heat to bring the water to a boil. Once the water has boiled, adjust the gas stove to medium heat, then pour the taro pearl boba beads made in step 4 into the pot, stirring with salt until the taro pearl boba beads turn green inside and float to the surface of the boiling water. Turn off the stove. Then cover the pot for another 5 minutes to allow the taro pearl boba beads to expand evenly.
+ Next, prepare a large bowl with ice water and use a strainer to scoop all the cooked taro pearl boba beads into the bowl with cold water.
+ Then, scoop the soaked taro pearl boba beads into another bowl and add 50ml sugar syrup, mixing with salt.
- Step 6: Finished product
+ Finally, you have completed taro pearl boba with tapioca starch, and now you can take out a pre-prepared cup of milk tea from the refrigerator, add taro pearl boba, and enjoy it immediately.
2. Making Taro Pearl Boba with Agar Powder
Ingredients for preparing taro pearl boba:
- 3g crispy agar powder.
- 10g elastic agar powder.
- 5g dried taro flowers.
- 200g white sugar.
- Filtered water.
- 50ml sugar syrup.
- Half a lemon.
- Cooking oil.
- Cooking pot, gas stove, salt, strainer, bowl, chopsticks, a clean plastic bottle similar to a soy sauce bottle, glass jar with lid, ….
How to Make Taro Pearl Boba Using Agar Powder:
- Step 1: Boil water
+ Boil filtered water using an electric kettle.
- Step 2: Prepare and steep the taro flower water
+ Add 5g dried taro flowers to a glass jar with a lid, then pour 20ml boiling water at 100 degrees Celsius into the glass jar. Close the lid and steep for about 10 - 15 minutes until the taro flower water turns dark blue.
How to make exquisite purple bean flower pearl jelly:
- Step 1: Boil water
+ Boil filtered water using a high-speed kettle.
- Step 2: Infuse and extract the essence of purple beans
+ Place 5g of dried purple beans in a glass container with a lid, pour 20ml of boiling water at 100°C, cover the glass container, and let it steep for about 10-15 minutes until the purple bean essence turns into a deep blue color.
+ Next, use a strainer to remove the residue of purple beans, leaving behind the essence.
- Step 3: Mix the seaweed powder mixture
+ Take a bowl, add 3g of crispy seaweed powder, 10g of elastic seaweed powder, and 200g of white sugar, then mix well with a fork.
- Step 4: Cook the purple bean flower jelly
+ Pour 1 liter of filtered water into a pot and add the seaweed powder mixture. Stir well with salt and let it soak for 30 minutes. After that, place the pot of seaweed water on a gas stove and heat it at medium temperature. While boiling, continuously stir with salt to prevent the seaweed powder from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
+ When the seaweed water is boiling, continue pouring the filtered purple bean essence from step 2 into the pot. Stir continuously with salt and continue boiling for another 3-5 minutes until the purple bean flower jelly thickens. Then, turn off the gas stove.
- Step 5: Create pearl jelly from the jelly
+ Prepare a large bowl of cold ice water and add a little cooking oil with half a lemon to it.
+ Then, use a ladle to scoop seaweed jelly into a clean plastic bottle, similar to a soy sauce bottle. Close the lid and drop the purple bean flower jelly into the cold ice water with oil. Repeat the process until all the jelly is used.
+ Next, scoop the purple bean flower pearls from the jelly in the cold ice water, drain the oil, and rinse them thoroughly.
+ Then, pour the purple bean flower pearls made from jelly into another bowl and add 50ml of simple syrup. Mix well.
- Step 6: Finished product
