Hey everyone! I hope all of you are staying safe and doing alright.
This week, I stumbled across a video of someone making boba but without using tapioca flour. Usually when making boba you make the flavor using whatever fruit or drink you wish and then add tapioca flour to it. But, we still haven’t found tapioca flour in any stores yet, (ugh..) so we decided to try this recipe out!
Btw- the original video will be linked down below :))
So for this recipe all you will need is-
1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp water
1 1/2 brown sugar (we used maple syrup as a substitute!)
food coloring (optional)
1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1 tbsp water (for the syrup)
1 tbsp brown sugar (for the syrup)
Let’s begin-
So, first in a bowl mix together the cornstarch, water, and brown sugar (or whatever sub you might be using).
Put the mixture into the microwave for 40 seconds, take it out every 10 seconds to mix it.
Once done, add the optional food coloring and the all purpose flour.
Mold them into tiny balls and coat them lightly with more flour.
Next, get a pot, fill it up with water, and let it boil.
Once it starts to boil, add the boba. When the boba starts rising to the top, take it out.
For the syrup-
In a pan, get some water and brown sugar and let that do it’s thing and then just put the boba in and voila, you’re done!
Review-
So, my brother and I actually messed up quite a bit actually haha.
Starting off, we used male syrup instead of brown sugar. Then we coated the boba in cornstarch. And we also used other ingredients to make our syrup. So, personally ours didn’t turn out anything like boba and was more like dough.
We both agreed to give it a 5/10, but even then I would encourage all of you to try the recipe out too (don’t make the same mistakes we did, haha) and tell me how you like it!
And that concludes this! Thank you so much for reading the post and let me know if you try the recipe.
Remember that you are loved and will forever be valid. Make sure to stay hydrated and eat a meal or two while you’re at it :))
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