How to make purple sweet potato and taro balls?

Taro balls are a food that many friends add to desserts. Because of its soft and chewy texture, it is loved by everyone. Purple sweet potato taro balls are mainly made of purple sweet potato, which makes the taro balls purple in color and also has the sweetness of purple sweet potato, which is very good.

1. First, steam the taro balls, purple sweet potatoes and pumpkin, mash them into a paste and peel them. Knead the purple sweet potato flour and potato flour into a dough.

2. Take white taro ball dough and add purple sweet potato puree, pumpkin puree, matcha powder and red yeast rice powder into various doughs. If they are soft, you can add starch. It should be of appropriate hardness and softness. Let it rest for a while.

3. Rinse the tapioca pearls quickly with cold water, put them in boiling water and stir to prevent them from sticking. Cook until they are translucent, turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, remove them, rinse them, change the water and cook them again until they are transparent. Remove the cooked tapioca pearls and put them in a large bowl of cold boiled water, and refrigerate them for 1-2 hours.

4. Roll the rested taro ball dough into long strips and cut into small pieces with a knife. Use some starch to prevent sticking. Roll the red taro ball dough into a round shape and poke a hole in the middle with a toothpick. Use the yellow one as the flower core and put the yellow flower core in the middle. Use a toothpick to press out the petals and the green one to press out the veins of the leaves to make the finished product.

5. Put the taro balls in boiling water and cook until they float for about 5 minutes. Take them out and rinse them with cold water for later use. Add rock sugar to another pot and boil syrup. Add the taro balls to the bowl and you can add whatever you like, such as tapioca pearls, bean paste, milk, etc. It can be eaten cold or hot. You can eat it any way you like.