How to cook tapioca balls quickly
5 min readWant to drink delicious bubble milk tea, but it seems troublesome to cook the noodles yourself? The various information on the type of noodles, soaking and cooking time on the Internet is confusing, and you may not know what to do. In fact, the pearl powder balls can be cooked in 5-15 minutes, depending on the purpose of the powder balls. Rest assured, we have investigated all the details and will help you answer some common questions about cooking noodles.
Method 1: Do the pearl powder balls need to be soaked overnight?
1. If you want to make bubble tea, you don’t need to soak it. If you want to make delicious bubble tea in the fastest way, just boil the noodle balls in boiling water without soaking. If you choose to soak it overnight, you don’t need to cook it in boiling water. The steeping takes 8-12 hours. If you want to brew bubble tea quickly, this method may not be suitable for you.
Pearl milk tea usually uses large black powder rounds, but you can also use small white powder rounds. The two kinds of noodles have no taste, but the taste is slightly different.
2. If you want to make pearl powder round pudding, the powder round needs to be soaked for 30 minutes, otherwise it will not become the pudding texture. Common recipes usually require 12 hours of soaking, but only 30 minutes of soaking can also make a round pudding with a smooth and delicate texture like custard.
Soaking is very simple! Measure out the amount you need, and pour the flour balls into a large bowl with 950 ml of water. Cover or cover with plastic wrap and soak at room temperature. Then filter out the water with a fine mesh strainer, and set the bowl aside.
Method 2: How to cook small white dough balls quickly?
1. Bring the water to a boil, then pour the pearl powder balls. If you add the noodle balls first and then boil the water, it will take longer to cook. Measure out the amount of water you need, pour it into a large thick-bottomed pot, and bring the water to a boil.
The ratio of water to pearls varies from brand to brand. Generally speaking, 1 liter of water is used for every 100 grams of small white powder balls.
128g of tapioca pearls will turn into 320g when cooked.
2. Pour the flour balls into boiling water, and then turn the stove to medium heat. Do not rinse the powder circle. After opening the packaging bag, pour the flour balls directly into boiling water. Stir gently until they come to the surface, then turn the high heat to medium.
3. Cover the pot and cook for 15 minutes. Open the lid of the pot every few minutes and gently stir the powder rounds to prevent them from scorching or sticking to the bottom of the pot. Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let stand for 15 minutes or until the powder circle becomes translucent.
If you want to make tapioca pudding, it may take longer to cook. Pay close attention to the state of the pink circle, once it becomes translucent, quickly turn off the flame.
Method 3: Can the black noodle balls be cooked in the same way?
1. The method is basically the same, but the amount of water and cooking time are slightly different. Every 30g of uncooked noodles needs 470ml of water. Boil the water first, and then carefully pour into the large black powder balls. Stir gently until they come to the surface, then turn to medium heat.
The powder rounds do not need to be rinsed, just open the packaging bag and pour it into boiling water for cooking.
2. Put the large black powder balls into boiling water and cook for 12-15 minutes. No need to cover the pot or do anything. Set the timer to 12 minutes. When the time is up, check if the pink circle has softened. If not, then cook for a few more minutes.
After cooking, turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let stand for 12 minutes.
Method 4: Can the noodles be cooked in 5 minutes?
1. You can cook the noodle balls for making pearl milk tea in 5-10 minutes. Put the large black powder balls in boiling water and boil them until they are just soft. This is the most chewy. It is enough to cook for up to 10 minutes.
After the noodles have cooled down, use it to make bubble tea immediately, otherwise they will harden again after a few hours.
2. If you use quick-cooking noodles, it only takes 5-7 minutes to cook. Before pouring the noodle balls in water for cooking, check the label on the package to confirm which type of noodle balls you are buying. For quick-cooking noodles, the cooking time can be reduced from 12-15 minutes to 5-7 minutes.
3. Small white powder rounds cannot be cooked in 5 minutes. They are much harder than the large black powder. They need to be boiled for 15 minutes in boiling water, and then turn off the heat immediately after they become translucent.
Method 5: Why does the pearl powder circle melt away?
1. It may be boiled in water for too long. Although the pearl powder circle can maintain its shape well, it will slowly melt away after being boiled in water or other liquids for a long time. Wait for the water to boil before pour into the flour balls. After cooking, pour off the water immediately, and don’t let the powder balls soak in the water for longer than necessary.
Drink the brewed pearl milk tea immediately, otherwise the noodles will become very soft and easily broken.
Method 6: Will tapioca pearls make you sick?
1. Eat with confidence, you won’t get sick. Tapioca balls are made from a root vegetable called cassava. Cassava is poisonous when eaten raw, but the tapioca balls bought outside have been processed and can be eaten safely. [15] Fenyuan will not block the digestive tract or cause constipation. As long as the bubble tea is not over-drinked, there is usually no problem.
Pearl powder round does not cause cancer. Please be patient and listen to our explanation: a laboratory previously detected traces of carcinogenic compounds in the pearl powder circle, and the news spread quickly, causing panic. However, this was purely a false alarm, and the result confirmed that there was an error in the test and the pearl powder circle was completely safe.