These tapioca pearls (aka boba) are made with only 3 ingredients.

These tapioca pearls (aka boba) are made with only 3 ingredients. Save your money and skip a trip to the bubble tea shop with a little time and effort, you can make warm sugar boba that are soft and chewy from scratch!

Brown sugar boba pearls

• 1/2 dark brown sugar

• 1/3 cup water

• 1 Cup tapioca starch sifted

• Black food colouring (optional)

Brown sugar syrup

• 6 cups water

• 1 1/2 cup dark brown sugar

INSTRUCTIONS:

• In a small heavy bottomed sauce pot, combine water and brown sugar. Set over medium high heat and bring to a boil.

• Reduce heat to low. Add half of tapioca starch. Use a sturdy spatula to quickly incorporate starch into hot liquid. Add remaining half of tapioca starch. Stir and fold mixture together in pot until dough forms

• On a clean surface roll out the dough into an even thickness using a pizza cutter cut strips in both directions to form squares.

• Place the small pieces from the dough and then ball them up in your palm. Repeat until you’re finished with all of the dough.

• Place balls in tapioca flour to get them coated then using a sifter. Let them dry for 4 hours.

The second part is to cook the boba pearls in a sugar syrup.

• In a clean saucepan, add the brown sugar/s and water. Cook over medium heat while stirring with a spoon to dissolve the sugar, and then bring it to a boil

• Add the tapioca pearls to the boiling sugary water and let it cook for 8-10 minutes or longer until the desired consistency (soft or chewy) is achieved. They will also become darker as they cook.

• Remove from heat and let it rest for a few minutes. They will shrink back to the original size and will turn black at this point.

• Transfer tapioca pearls into a bowl with a little water to prevent them from sticking together.

• The tapioca pearls are best used while warm.

Mango slush with tapioca pearls

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen mango

• 1 cup water

• 1 tablespoon sugar

• ⅓ cup tapioca pearls

Directions:

• Spoon warm brown sugar boba into serving glass.

• Add the mango, water, and sugar to a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth.

• Pour mango smoothie into the boba cup, Stir with a wide-opening straw and enjoy!

Tips:

• Cover the cut up pieces with plastic wrap, and take one portion out at a time and roll it into little balls.

• Store them in air-tight containers, and freeze for later. Dried and frozen can be stored in the freezer for up 6 months

• Cooked boba pearls can also be stored in the fridge for a few days. Just store them in the sugar syrup in a glass jar to prevent them from sticking to each other.

• The texture of the dough should be smooth, and not too sticky. If it’s a very wet dough, you can sprinkle some extra tapioca starch to make it.