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Homemade taro milk tea made with real taro
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Taro milk tea recipe with real taro

How to make taro milk with natural ingredients
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Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:15 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel and cut the taro root. Some people experience sensitivity against taro’s raw flesh, so you may want to use gloves.
    Raw taro cubes before cooking
  • Cook the taro cubes in boiling water for around 15-20 minutes, until the pieces are soft. Make sure it’s well cooked, since raw taro is toxic.
    Cooked taro to make taro milk tea
  • Drain the cooked taro and combine it with milk and sweetener of choice. Optionally add some vanilla extract and purple food coloring. Blend until smooth.
    Purple natural food coloring
  • You may serve it with tapioca balls to make it a purple boba tea.
    Homemade taro milk tea made with real taro

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Notes

  • Make sure your taro root is soft and cooked: raw taro is toxic, causing an unpleasant stingy feeling in the mouth, stomach pain and even respiratory difficulties.
  • If you use boba, cover them with some simple syrup to prevent them to stick to one another (here is an easy recipe for sugar-free syrup)
 

Nutrition

Calories: 250kcal
Course: Dessert, Drinks
Cuisine: American, Taiwanese
Keyword: boba tea, milk tea
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 250kcal