Homemade Tapioca Pearls | Sago | Boba | 타피오카펄 만들기 / 珍珠粉珍珠 from scratch

by ANNE - Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Homemade Tapioca Pearls | Sago | Boba | 타피오카펄 만들기 / 珍珠粉珍珠 from scratch

While I was doing my Milk Tea video, there was an earthquake happened on 22nd of April at 5:11 in the afternoon. The earthquake was a little bit strong. I thought I was just dizzy until I saw our bulbs and my table was slightly moving. It took more or less than 20 seconds.

I never knew that this was literally a scary thing to be afraid of. I’ve experienced an earthquake before but this is the most memorable moment ever that I will never forget.

I hope that it will never happen again :(

Should I say that this is the most memorable food video I’ve ever made. I hope everyone is safe wherever you are and please stay safe.

But as they say, life must go on.

Back to Tapioca Pearls also known as 타피오카펄 만들기, 珍珠粉珍珠 and Boba. Do you know what Boba means in Filipino?

Homemade Tapioca Pearls | Sago | Boba | 타피오카펄 만들기 / 珍珠粉珍珠 from scratch

I’ll give you trivia:

Boba means stupid girl/woman and Bobo generally means stupid regardless of your gender, yay! Another trivia: Boba is also a Spanish word which means boob.

Tapioca Pearls is made up from cassava starch of the extracted cassava root. Surprisingly, tapioca is a plant native to South America that’s now cultivated throughout Southeast Asia.

I want to correct the information about Sago and Tapioca Pearls, I thought they are only similar.

We say it Sah-goh in our language Tagalog.

I also tried to make tapioca pearls using Cornstarch instead of Tapioca/Cassava starch, you can use Cornstarch but not chewable to eat. I tried making it because Tapioca or Cassava powder isn’t widely available in the Philippines.

I think I’ve tried thrice making my own pearls, all of it turns out very light even if I am using black food colouring. So, what I did was to add brown sugar into the water then add 2 drops of black food colouring.

The sugar I used was the darkest among the 4 types of sugars available we have here in our country. I really want my Tapioca Pearls to be purely black and it’s a perfect combination of Milk Tea.

The brown sugar will increase the black color of our Tapioca, my black food gel coloring is not that black, it's like a mixed of green and blue something, you can see above the picture that there's touch of green-ish.

Homemade Tapioca Pearls | Sago | Boba | 타피오카펄 만들기 / 珍珠粉珍珠 from scratch

You can use these products in case you find similar products:

Tapioca flour
Cassava flour (I'll post the product soon, I misplaced it OMG!)
Cassava Starch

Here are the products I used for making this tapioca pearls below.

Tapioca and Cassava Starch products

Left: I bought that from Wonderbake ( P57.00 )

Right: at SM Supermarket ( P52.50 )

I got this recipe from Instructable and I added some ingredients. Visit her post here. Credit to the person where I got this recipe from.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp. Tapioca Starch
3 tsp. Freshly boiled water
1 tsp. Brown sugar
1-2 drops black food colouring
Extra 1 tbsp. Tapioca Starch for dusting
1/4 cup water (for boiling)

Homemade Tapioca Pearls | Sago | Boba | 타피오카펄 만들기 / 珍珠粉珍珠 from scratch

How to make Tapioca Pearls/Boba from scratch:

Bring 1/4 cup water to boil and add brown sugar.
Boil until sugar dissolved.
Turn off the heat and set aside.
In a microwavable bowl, pour 3 teaspoons of freshly boiled water then add 1-2 drops of black food coloring.
Stir well and lastly add tapioca starch.
Mix and knead until mixed. (This should look like clay)
Dust tapioca starch into working area then roll kneaded tapioca into thin sausage
Cut them into small pea size o pieces. Make sure that it fits well in your straw.
Roll them into your palms.
Once done, sprinkle tapioca starch and cover tapioca balls with it to prevent from drying and sticking together.

Cooking Tapioca Pearls:

Pour tapioca balls into boiling water
Stir while cooking balls to prevent from sticking together and bottom.
Cook it in 15-20 minutes (medium heat)
Wash it with cold water.
Done.

Making Syrup:

1 cup water
1/4 cup brown sugar
And homemade Tapioca Pearls/Balls

How to make Tapioca Pearl Syrup:

Boil water with brown sugar
Then add the Tapioca Pearls
Cook until water becomes slightly thick.

Note:

Use brown sugar and black food colouring for intense black colour.

I use microwavable or glass bowl which is better to work with tapioca starch since it retains heat a little bit longer.

Disclaimer:
Products mentioned and shown above are not sponsored by these companies.

Tags : drink, summer food