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芋頭 椰汁西米露 Taro Coconut with Mini Tapioca Pearls Sweet Soup (Dessert) Serves 4 Ingredients: Coconut Cream 200ml Mini Tapioca Pearls 西米 1/3 cup Diced/Meshed Taro or Canned Taro 芋頭 1/3 cup or 300g Note:  Canned Taro in syrup is already very sweet.  So, taste to adjust before adding sugar Water 400ml Sugar (or less depends on sweet likeliness) 1/4 cup Salt A very small pinch Methods: 1.  Boil a pot of water. 2.  Once boil, add the mini tapioca pearls in batches and slowly. 3.  Turn heat to medium-low and cook for 20 minutes or until pearls are transparent. 4.  Turn off heat and pour transparent pearls through a fine mesh and run them in cold water. 5.  In a cup of cold water, soak the cooked pearls for 10 minutes and set aside. 6.  Drain and set aside after 10 minutes. 7.  In a pot, add water and coconut cream to boil over medium heat. 8.  Add diced or mashed taro in the pot.   Stir slowly. 9.  Put a ladle of hot soup into the drained mini tapi

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