How To Make Boba Without Tapioca Starch

Making Dry Boba Pearls

In a cooking pot, cook on low heat the 40g brown sugar and 100ml water and bring to a boil.

Once it boils, turn off the heat and add the glutinous rice flour while it’s hot. Do not add all at once. Add glutinous rice flour gradually and mix well until you have a smooth doughy consistency.

Mix the glutinous rice flour starch completely by folding and pressing the dough with your hand. You should be able to make a round smooth dough.

Then, sprinkle some glutinous rice flour into a bowl and let the dough rests for about 10 minutes.

Put some glutinous rice flour on your chopping board as well before transferring the dough for cutting. This prevents the dough from sticking to the chopping board.

Next, cut the dough into long strips and then into small cubes, about 1.5cm X 1.5cm.

Afterward, roll the cubes in your hands to make small balls.

After making all the balls, dust them again with glutinous rice flour to prevent them from sticking together.

Wait for the pearls to dry up.

Once it dries, store the pearls in the freezer or refrigerator or proceed to the next step: Cooking Dry Boba Pearls

Cooking Dry Boba Pearls

Bring 500ml of water to a boil in a cooking pot.

When it reaches a boil, add the dry boba pearls to the pot and cook on high heat for about 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, the pearls should be floating to the top of the water.

Using a ladle strainer, remove the soft and chewy pearls and strain.

Then, rinse the pearls in a container with cold water. The cold water stops the pearls from cooking further and removes the starchy coating.

Assembling Boba Milk Tea

In a pan or pot, add 20g of sugar and cook on low heat until the sugar melts.

Then, add 20g black tea leaves and 250ml milk.

Cook on low heat and continuously stir until it boils.

In a tall glass or jar, add the boba pearls and milk tea.

And Done! Enjoy the boba milk tea warm or cold over ice.