Purple sweet potato chè is one of the very famous desserts in Vietnamese cuisine, the cool, sweet bowls made from purple sweet potatoes make everyone fall in love. Let’s cook with TasteVN to immediately refer to 2 attractive ways to make purple sweet potato chè!
1. Purple sweet potato chè with agar
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Purple sweet potato chè with agar For 2 people
Purple sweet potato 200 gr Ready-made agar 100 gr Tapioca flour 150 gr Butter 20 gr Condensed milk 70 gr Unsweetened fresh milk 200 ml Coconut milk 150 ml Pandan leaves A little Hot water 160 ml Salt 1/4 teaspoon
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How to make Purple sweet potato chè with agar
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the purple sweet potatoes, wash them clean, and cut them into medium-sized pieces. Wash the pandan leaves and let them dry.
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Steam sweet potato
Put the sweet potato in a steamer and steam it for about 30 minutes until it is soft.
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Make the sweet potato dough balls
After the sweet potato is cooked, put it into a blender to puree. Next, divide the sweet potato into 2 equal parts.
For the first part of the sweet potato, add it to a pan with 20 grams of butter and stir on low heat for about 3 minutes, then add 20 grams of condensed milk and continue stirring until the filling is dry.
Wait until the dough cools, then roll it into round balls weighing about 7 grams each.
Next, add 100 grams of tapioca flour into a bowl, then add about 80 ml of hot water. Use your hands to knead well for about 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and pliable.
Then, divide the tapioca flour into portions of about 10 grams, and place a purple sweet potato ball in the center to make the filling and wrap the tapioca flour around it. Continue this until all the tapioca flour and sweet potato are used.
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Make the chewy sweet potato balls
Put the remaining sweet potato into another bowl along with 50 grams of tapioca flour and mix well. Next, gradually add about 60 – 80 ml of hot water into the bowl.
Use your hands to knead the dough for about 5 minutes until it becomes smooth and pliable. Then, roll the dough on a cutting board into a long strand.
Next, use a knife to cut the dough into small bite-sized pieces.
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Cooking coconut milk with milk
First, you place the pot on the stove and add 200 ml of unsweetened fresh milk, 150 ml of coconut milk, 50 gr of condensed milk, 1/4 spoon of salt, and pandan leaves into the pot, and stir well.
You cook the coconut milk mixture over medium heat until it boils for about 2 minutes, then turn off the stove.
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Boiling tapioca balls and chewy sweet potato balls
You put a pot containing about 1 liter of water on the stove, then add the tapioca mixture into the pot. Cook over high heat until the water boils and the tapioca balls float, then reduce the heat and boil for about 10 minutes.
Place another pot on the stove and add 1 liter of water. Cook until the water boils, then add the chewy sweet potato balls into the pot. Boil over low heat for about 7 – 10 minutes until the dough floats.
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Finished product
You gradually add chewy sweet potato, flour sweet potato, jelly, coconut milk into bowl (rice bowl) and add a little ice if you like it cold, and it’s done.
When eating, you will feel the chewy sweet potato and flour sweet potato are extremely delicious, chewy along with jelly and coconut milk will make the dessert much tastier.
2. Hue Purple Sweet Potato Dessert
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Processing
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Hue Purple Sweet Potato Dessert For 4 people
Purple sweet potato 2 kg Tapioca starch 6 tablespoons Grated coconut 1 fruit Rock sugar 1/2 kg Salt A little
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How to make Hue purple sweet potato dessert
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the sweet potatoes and wash them clean. Crush the rock sugar into smaller pieces for quicker melting.
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Boil the sweet potatoes
Put the sweet potatoes into a pot, then add 1 spoon of salt and 1 liter of boiling water. Boil for about 5 minutes on high heat, then reduce the heat to low and continue boiling for about 60 minutes until the sweet potatoes are soft. After the sweet potatoes are cooked, transfer them to a bowl and let them cool.
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Blend the sweet potato
After the potatoes cool, cut them into small pieces and put them into the blender, adding a quantity of filtered water nearly equal to the amount of potato. Blend in this manner until all the potatoes are used.
When finished blending, use a pot and place a strainer on top to filter the potatoes before cooking.
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Cook sweet potato with rock sugar and tapioca starch
Place the filtered potato pot on the stove and cook over medium heat, then add 2/3 cup of rock sugar.
Next, add 3 tablespoons of tapioca starch to a bowl with 200 ml of warm water and stir well until the starch is completely dissolved.
Then, add the bowl of tapioca starch to the pot of sweet potato and use chopsticks to stir continuously so that the starch does not clump. Continue stirring continuously for about 10 minutes from when the potato starts to boil.
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Making coconut milk
You place grated coconut into a bowl along with about 500 ml of hot water. Wait about 15 minutes for the coconut to soak and cool slightly, then you start squeezing to extract the coconut milk.
You put a bowl underneath, place a sieve on top, then add the grated coconut and use your hands to squeeze thoroughly. After squeezing the first time, repeat the process to extract more coconut milk.
Next, you mix 3 tablespoons of tapioca flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and 1 tablespoon of rock sugar into the pot of coconut milk. You cook over low heat until the coconut milk boils, then cook for about 2 more minutes before turning off the heat.
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Final Product
You scoop the purple sweet potato dessert into a bowl (rice bowl) and then add some coconut milk on top, and you are done. When eating, you will feel that the dessert has a moderate thickness, blended with the creamy coconut milk, making the dish even more appealing.
How to choose good sweet potatoes, not fibrous
- When choosing, you should select sweet potatoes that are intact, without cracks or chips. When holding the potato, it should feel heavy, firm, and not bruised.
- You should choose sweet potatoes that are long and cylindrical, without any bulges, and when pressed lightly, they should not be too hard; these potatoes usually have less fiber, more starch, and are very sweet.
- Avoid choosing very small, long, bulging, or hollow potatoes as they tend to have a lot of fiber. Additionally, potatoes that have black spots or are pitted should not be purchased as these are signs that the sweet potatoes are spoiled.
How to make delicious, smooth coconut milk
- First, take the coconut meat from the dry coconut and cut it into very thin slices.
- Next, heat about 600 ml of water along with the water inside the coconut.
- Finally, put the chopped coconut meat along with the heated water into a blender to blend until smooth. Then use cloth to filter out the coconut milk.
Above are 2 extremely simple recipes for purple sweet potato dessert that are very attractive. Don’t hesitate and get into the kitchen to make them right away. Wishing you success!
