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Boba pearls made using tapioca starch- homemade bubble tea pearls

Boba-bubble tea pearls

SG Chef
A homemade boba-bubble tea pearls made from scratch using brown sugar and tapioca starch.
Course Appetizer, Drinks, Party Food
Cuisine Asian
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • cups Tapioca starch
  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • ½ cup Water

Braising syrup

  • 1 cup Water
  • ½ cup Brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Add water in a pan. Bring it to boil.
  • Add the brown sugar listed in the ingredients for Boba. Add mix well until it dissolves.
  • Add the tapioca starch and stir continuously and vigorously to avoid lumps and burning.
  • Cook till it forms into a smooth paste.
  • Keep aside for cooling.
  • When the dough is warm enough to handle, knead it to make a smooth dough.
  • If the dough is sticky use some tapioca flour and knead.
  • Make the dough into small balls.
  • Now take 1 small ball. Place the dough on a board. Roll it into a log shape. Use palm to make the shape.
  • Cut the log into small pieces.
  • Use palm to make into mini-sized balls.
  • Sprinkle and dust flour on the balls. Keep them aside.
  • In a pan add water and boil. When the water reaches the roll boiling point add the tapioca balls.
  • First, the balls will settle down in the pan. Stir continuously to avoid sticking the balls in the pan. Cook the balls.
  • When the balls started floating on top of the water stir occasionally.Cook for 3 minutes.
  • Strain the balls and put the balls in cold water to stop the cooking process.
  • Keep these tapioca balls in water until we use them.
  • Boil water in a pan. Add brown sugar and mix well until it dissolves.
  • Strain the tapioca balls and add them in sugar syrup.
  • Cook this for 10 minutes until the sugar syrup becomes thick and the sugar syrup coats the tapioca balls.
Keyword Boba, bubble tea, drink, fewer ingredients, tapioca pearls