![]() ![]() While some of these recipes use a more traditional method, others were combined with additional flavors to better enhance the floral and nutty tastes of taro. ![]() We decided to have a little fun in our kitchen by experimenting with different taro recipes using Taro Grade-A Powder (you can also use Taro Powder or Taro Premium Powder ), sweet diced taro, and natural-tasting raw cane sugar. When it comes to concocting a great taro drink, much of the focus is actually on the blend of taro and milk. Sometimes, the drink doesn’t even need to include “tea”. There are several ways to make a delicious taro milk tea. Not only does this plant share potato-like qualities such as its starchiness, texture, and versatility with cooking, taro is also commonly used with making bubble milk tea. Perhaps it’s the eye-catching purple hues or its uniquely sweet and nutty flavor, but the taro root has undoubtedly become one of the world’s most popular ingredients. ![]() However, in the world of bubble tea, the original purple drink has always been the Taro Milk Tea. When Starbucks’ released their first-ever purple “Unicorn Frappe” to the public, the fun-colored beverage quickly rose to popularity and sold out. Jam-packed with fiber, potassium, iron, and vitamins, taro is well known for improving digestion, vision, body circulation and the immune system, it lowers blood sugar as well as blood pressure levels, and even helps prevent heart disease. Although it is toxic in its raw form, the vegetable yields several health benefits and at one point was even used as a type of medicine. Whether or not that’s true, taro has definitely become a flavor used all around the world. In Hawaiian folklore, it is said that taro played a role in creating the human race. The taro root has an interesting and rich history, especially in Hawaiian culture. Today, the light lavender colored plant has become a global ingredient, so adaptive that it can be fried, mashed, boiled, baked, and roasted. taro was already being cultivated in China and even Egypt. This edible tuber is native to Southeast Asia and India, but has gradually become a staple ingredient throughout the world including China, Africa, the Caribbean, and Hawaii. Even though it’s known for having a purplish color, it can also come in white or pink. I make it with frozen and grated ube, but you can also make it fresh ube that has been steamed.Taro (pronounced tah-row) is a root plant derived from Colocasia Esculenta, and it has many names such as dasheen, eddo, and kalo. The ube halaya base to make ube milk tea How to make the ube base for ube milk tea Since I make this base with coconut milk, it combines the traditional ube halaya flavor with a delicious coconut milk flavor.Adds the creaminess you get from fresh ube, but also adds more color and flavor from the ube extract for a truly impressive drink!.I can take a portion of it and make ube bubble milk tea whenever I want.I can make a big batch of it, and keep it in the fridge for up to 5 – 7 days.The benefits of my method of making ube milk tea this way are that I personally prefer to make a “cheat’s ube halaya” that is not as thick as regular ube halaya, and then add some ube extract to this mixture as well. A combination of some of these options.Substituting some of the milk for green tea.This is the easiest option, and the most colorful! Mixing milk with ube powder – I personally don’t like this option because ube powder doesn’t have the same flavor as fresh ube, and most ube powder mixes are too sweet for my liking.Blending milk with mashed, fresh ube and sugar. ![]() There are a few different ways to make ube milk tea. Since this has become our drink of choice this summer, it was only fair that I shared the recipe with you guys. Luckily we have had the perfect antidote a big, cold glass of this Ube Milk Tea (and Ube Bubble Tea)!īubble tea is what hot summers are for, and I guarantee this gorgeous ube milk tea will be nothing short of a revelation! □ Last few days (weeks, really) have been surprisingly hot and humid here in Ottawa. That uniquely creamy texture and flavor make for a one of a kind dessert. You can easily adapt this recipe to make fresh taro milk tea as well! Ube milk tea is a creamy and refreshing summer drink!Īs a follow up to my ube halaya and ube ice cream, I’ve got another delicious ube recipe for you guys today! I can honestly say we can’t have enough of ube desserts these days. Ube milk tea is a creamy, refreshing and indulgent drink, that is perfect for summer! Made even more impressive by the vibrant purple color. ![]()
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