In Taiwan, taro ball is a famous and traditional Taiwanese dessert. We often eat taro balls with syrup and desserts like Tofu pudding (douhua) or grass jelly. The dessert can be served either hot or icy. Today, we are making different flavor balls, sweet potato ball and matcha ball. You can taste more flavor with Taiwanese Sweet Soup.
Servings 10people
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 10 minutesmins
Resting Time 0 minutesmins
Total Time 40 minutesmins
Equipment
Hand Mixer
Pot
steamer or instant pot
Ingredients
Sweet Potato Balls
100gsweet potato
180gtapioca starch
30gsugar
Matcha Balls
10gmatcha powder
80gtapioca starch
40gwhite sugar
30gpotato starch
100mlwater
Syrup
100ggolden sugar
500mlwater
Instructions
Make sweet potato ball
We make sweet potato balls first. Peel and cube sweet potato on the plate. Steam sweet potato for 10 min until soft. (Note: You can cook sweet potatoes in a food steamer or instant pot.)
Put the hot sweet potato into a mixing bowl. Add tapioca starch and sugar into the mixing bowl and mix with a hand mixer until form a soft dough.(Note: Some of the sweet potatoes are watery or dry. You can add more tapioca starch or a little water depends on different sweet potatoes varieties.)
Roll the dough into a thick strip and dice into pieces. Place aside.
Make matcha ball
Add the tapioca starch, potato starch, and matcha powder into a mixing bowl. Mix well and place aside.
Add white sugar and water into a pot on medium-high heat. Bring to a boil and remove from the heat.
Pour the hot syrup into the mixing powders and stir with rolling ping until form a soft dough.
Again, roll the matcha dough into a thick strip and dice into pieces. Place aside.
Taiwanese sweet soup
Now, we are making syrup. Add golden sugar and water in a pot on medium heat until boiling. Remove from the heat.
Cook the sweet potato balls and matcha balls in boiled water for 3~5 minutes on medium heat until they float to the top. Then drain the balls.