Bubur cha cha (sweet potato and taro coconut dessert)

A colourful Malay-nyonya dessert soup: sweet potato, taro and chewy tapioca pearls in sweet, pandan-scented coconut milk. A popular sweet for the evening meals of the fasting month.

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Method

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1. Steam the sweet potato and taro cubes for 12-15 minutes, until tender but not falling apart. ⏱ Timer: 12 min
2. Mix the tapioca starch with the hot water into a kneadable dough (colour if desired), roll into thin ropes, and cut into 1 cm pieces.
3. Cook the tapioca pieces in boiling water until they float to the top and turn translucent (about 3 minutes), then transfer to cold water. ⏱ Timer: 3 min
4. Boil the water with the pandan leaf and sugar, add the coconut milk and salt, and warm through over low heat without boiling.
5. Add the sweet potato, taro and drained tapioca, and warm through for 2 minutes. ⏱ Timer: 2 min
6. Remove the pandan leaf, and serve warm, or chilled with ice.

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Tips

• Don't boil the coconut milk hard, or it will curdle.
• If you don't have taro, it's also good with just two kinds of sweet potato.

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