First I'llbemakingoursignaturedrink, brownsugarbobamilk. Bobaismadefromtapiocastarchformedintoroundballsandcookedinhotwater. Itreallycomesdowntotheingredientsthatyouuse. Sothistapiocastarchisreallywhatmakesourbobaperfectlychewyandsoftandbouncyandmakesitabletoholdupagainstthedrinkfor a longtime. Theblendweuseforthisparticulartapiocastarchis a specialrecipethatwedevelopedjustforourbobahereat
Atthispoint I'm watchingforthebrownsugartomixintothedoughandforthedoughtoform a ball. Nowthatthedoughhascometogether I'llkneaditinto a ballandrollitoutinto a slabtofeedintothemachine. Thedoughitselfisnottoosticky. It's muchfirmerthan a breaddoughwouldbe. Youcanseeas I'm pressingthroughthatthereissomegivebutit's taking a littlebitofeffort. Whenyou'rerightabovethedoughitreallysmellslikebrownsugar.
Oncethebobacomesoutofthemachineyouwanttorollitbyhandsothatitforms a niceroundshape. Ifyouletitjustcomeoutofthemachineasisit'llbe a littlebitcylindricalandnotasnicetodrink. It's verysatisfyingtowatchbobadropoutofthemachine.
You'llalsonoticethatcookedbobaisalsomoretranslucentand a darkerbrown. Squeezingitshouldbesoft, squishy, sticky. Itshouldbouncebackwhenyoubiteit, bouncebackwhenyousqueezeit. Thisonepearlrighthereis a perfectexampleofwhatyouwantbobatobelikeonceyou'vecookedit. It's a littlebittranslucent, there's a bouncinesstoit, a softnesstoit. Onceyoubiteintoityou'llreallyrecognizethatfeeling. Sonext I'm goingtobeusing a hotwoktohelpcaramelizesomebrownsugar. It'llstarttotoastandcaramelizeanditreallygivesoff a strongbrownsugararoma. Itjustsmellsamazing. I'llknowit's timetoaddthebobatothewokonce
I startgetting a richtoastysmellofbrownsugar. Itmightseemunnecessarybuttoastingthebrownsugarreallybringsoutsomeextraaromasandflavorsthatyouwouldn't getotherwise.
Oncethesugarandbobaiscombinedwe'rereadytogo. Sonow I'm goingtobemakingthemilkfoamtoppingforourdrink. I'm usingwholemilkhere. We'lljustgetthisgoingin a blenderandthenaddthemixtoitsothatincorporatesevenly. Thetoppingmixisjust a combinationof a stabilizertogiveus a thickfoamandsomesaltycheeseflavoring. We'llletitsitintheblenderforaboutfiveminuteswhileitwhipsupairintothemix. Ourmilkfoamissimilartowhat a lotofotherplaceswilllabelascheesefoam. Itgives a littlebitofdepththat's notjustsugar. Afterit's blendeditshouldbethickandaeratedandhavealmostdoubledinsize.
InpartsofAsiatheyuseitas a savoryingredient. InTaiwanit's got a longhistoryofbeingusedas a dessertingredient. Afterwecookitit'llbestarchyandsoftandperfectforaddingtoourdrink. Sowehave a potofboilingwaterandwe'rejustgoingtoaddsugarandtarotothatandletitcookdownuntilit's soft. After 30 minutesthetaroshouldbepartiallydissolvedinthewater. Wecan't mashthetarobecauseifyouuse a blenderthespeedofthebladesistoohighsoit'llteartheglucosechainsofstarchinsideofthetaroandit'llbecomegummy. Soherewehavetaropasteinitsfinalform. Asitcoolsdownit'llthickenupandstiffenupandoncethiscoolsdown I canuseitforboba. Sonowwe'llmoveontomakingourtarobobadough. Sotheoverallprocessthatwe'llhavehereissimilartowhatyousawbeforebutwithjust a fewkeydifferences. Oncethedoughstartstocometogether I'lladdinthesugar. Usingwhitesugarhereinsteadofbrownsugarwillhelptohighlightthetaro's naturalflavors. Sowe'llscrapeinthetaropaste. Fortarobobadoughyouhavetowatchitcarefullysoyouremoveitassoonasitcomestogether. Ifyoudon't it'llbecomestickyandsticktothebowlsoyouhavetobe a littlebitmorecarefulwiththisone. I'm justgoingtoput a littleextrastarchonthecountersothisdoesn't stick. Youcanseeherethat I havetowork a littlebithardertogetthisdoughoutofthebowlbecauseitisstickier. Once I pullthedoughoutyoucanseeimmediatelythatitismuchsofterandthatitspreadsoutonitsown a littlebitmorethanthebrownsugaronedoes. Andas I'm kneadingit I canreallyfeel a differenceintheconsistencyofthedough, howsoftitis, howeasilyitspreads, andhowstickyitistomyhands.
Sothefinalpearlshere, similartothedough, willbesofterandmoreelasticthanthebrownsugarwas. Thetarobobacooksmuchfasterbecauseitdoeshaveitsownstarchandbecauseitdoeshavemoremoistureinit. Once I addthebobatothepot I startstirringrightaway.
Thetarobobaismuchstickierthanthebrownsugarbobasowehavetoreallymakesurethatitdoesn't sticktothebottom. Once I addthetarobobatothepot I startstirringrightaway.
Thetarobobaismuchstickierthanthebrownsugarbobasowehavetoreallymakesurethatitdoesn't sticktothebottom. Soyoucanseehereonceit's cookedthetapiocabecomesclearbutthetarostayswholeinsideofit. Oncethesearecookedthey'llgointo a bowlwithwaterandsugarsothattheydon't sticktogetherandthesetarobobaareready. Next I'llbemakingtheubemix. Ubeis a rootvegetablefromthePhilippinessimilarto a sweetpotatoortarobutit's got a moremellowsweeterflavorandisalmostalwaysusedfordesserts. So I'llcutthisubedownintosmallerchunkssoitcooksfaster. Sonow I'lladdtheuberoottosomeboilingwater. Thiswillcookforabout 25 minutesuntiltheubeissoftandthenwe'llblenditupwithsomesugarandcoconutmilk.
Soonethingthat's uniqueaboutthisdrinkisthatweaddsagoas a toppingtothedrink.
このドリンクのユニークな点は、トッピングにサゴを加えることだ。
Herewehavesomebrownsugarsago. Sagopearlsaremadefromthestarchthatcomesfrom a sagopalmandit's a commontoppinginubedessertsinthePhilippines. Sofirst I'lladdtarobobatothecupandthenontopofthat I'lladdsomebrownsugarsago. Thesagopearlsaresimilartothetapiocapearlsbutthey're a littlebitfirmerandthey'resmallersoyou'llhavethecontrastbutthey're a littlebitfirmerandthey'resmallersoyou'llhavethecontrastbetweenlargersofterbobapearls. Andontopofthatwe'lladdoursimplesyrup.
Bobaissomuchmorethanfoodordrinkordessert. It's a partofoursociallives. It's a partofourcultureandourhumorandouridentity. Sotoseeitreachsomanynewpeopleandforittobecomethattothemtooisexcitingforme.