Bubur Cha Cha Recipe
(Sweet Potato and Yam in Sweet Coconut Milk)
This dessert can be served hot or cold.
INGREDIENTS:
- 400 gm sweet potatoes peeled and cubed
- 400 gm yam (taro) peeled and cubed
- 80 gm sago pearls
- 800 ml water
- 150 gm sugar
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 3 pandan leaves (screwpine leaf)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- water (to boil sago pearls)
(A) TAPIOCA JELLY CUBES:
- 100 gram tapioca flour
- 75 ml hot water
- green colouring
- red colouring
- water (to boil jelly cubes)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Prepare steamer and steam sweet potatoes and yam for 15 minutes or until tender. Then, remove from steamer and set aside for later use.
2. (A) TAPIOCA JELLY CUBES: Add tapioca flour to a mixing bowl. Gradually add hot water into the flour. Use a wooden spoon or a fork to combine the mixture. When the mixture is cool enough to touch, use fingers to knead until a smooth dough is formed. (Note: Do not add any more water. Keep kneading, the flour will come together. Sprinkle some tapioca flour if the dough gets sticky.)
3. Then, divide the dough into two equal portions. Add a few drops of green and red food colourings to the respective dough. Knead until colour is well-combined. Roll out each dough into a long thin log and cut it into small cubes. Dust the cubes with tapioca flour to avoid them from sticking to one another.
4. Bring water to a boil in a small pot. Carefully drop cubed doughs into the boiling water and let cook until they float. Remove and place jelly in a bowl of cold/iced water to prevent clumping. Set aside.
5. In a clean pot, boil sago pearls with enough water until they turned translucent. Strain and submerged cooked sago in cold/iced water. Set aside.
6. BUBUR CHA CHA: Add 800 ml water, sugar and pandan leaves into a pot. Bring mixture to a boil and until sugar is dissolved.
7. Add coconut milk and salt. Stir and bring mixture to a gentle simmer.
8. Lastly, add tapioca jellies, pearled sago, sweet potatoes and yam into the pot. Continue simmering, stirring in between, for another 10 minutes.
9. Off heat. Serve Bubur Cha Cha (Bo Bo Cha Cha) hot/cold.
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