Asian Taro Tapioca Dessert Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2-3/4 cup tapioca or 1/2-3/4 cup sago
• 2 cups mashed taro root (frozen or fresh)
• 1 (8 ounce) can unsweetened coconut milk
• 1/2 cup sugar or 1/2 cup condensed milk or 1/2 cup rock sugar

Recipe

• 1 remove skin from taro and cut into chunks (if using frozen taro, proceed to next step).
• 2 add taro to boiling water and cook until tender about 20 minutes for fresh and 5-7 minutes for frozen.
• 3 drain and mash until smooth or leave some chunky.
• 4 in separate pot, add tapioca to boiling water. boil for 5-6 minutes, turn off heat and cover for 10-15 minutes.
• 5 check tapioca after 10 minutes. tapioca is done when it is translucent.
• 6 drain excess water.
• 7 on low heat, add coconut milk to pot with taro.
• 8 stir mixture until taro had blended with milk and add tapioca.
• 9 to sweeten, add sweetener of choice.