Milk Honey Bean Taro Balls

Overview

Taro balls are a traditional dessert in Taiwan. The ingredients for making taro balls are very simple. You only need to steam the taro, add tapioca flour, knead it into a ball and cut it into small pieces. You can also add purple potatoes and sweet potatoes to make taro balls of different colors. Purple and yellow taro balls are beautiful in color and have a chewy and delicious texture. There are many ways to eat it. It can be paired with milk, coconut milk, sago, etc. It is a very versatile dessert.

Tags

• drinks
• afternoon tea
• summer recipes
• purple sweet potato
• tapioca starch
• taro
• fine sugar
• honey beans
• milk

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Steam the taro and purple sweet potato in water and mash them with a spoon

   

2. 2 Add 85 grams of tapioca flour to the taro puree

   

3. 3 Knead into Sanguang dough, roll into long strips, and cut into small sections

   

4. 4 Also add 85 grams of tapioca flour to the purple sweet potato puree, and add about 30 grams of water. The amount of water added will vary depending on the dryness and humidity of the purple sweet potato puree. Stop adding water when it becomes like cotton wool

   

5. 5 Shape into long strips and cut into small sections. You can sprinkle some tapioca flour to prevent sticking

   

6. 6 To prevent color transfer, cook the two colors of taro balls separately. After the water boils, first add the taro balls. After boiling again, add a small amount of cold water. Repeat three times. When the taro balls float in the water, take them out and soak them in cold water

   

7. 7 Take out the taro balls and soak them in cold water

   

8. 8 Cook purple taro balls in the same way

   

9. 9 Soak in another bowl of cold water

   

10. 10 After the milk is boiled, add sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar. (You can also add no sugar and add condensed milk in the last step)

    

11. 11 Add taro balls

    

12. 12 Then add honey red beans