Preparation
45 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Delicious Bobo Chacha brings you a unique flavor with an incredibly simple recipe. Let’s get cooking right away with this enticing dessert!
Ingredients for Bobo Chacha For 3 people
Tapioca flour 100 gr (or cornstarch) Sago flour 50 gr Sweet potato 150 gr Taro 150 gr Banana 3 pieces Mango 1 piece Beetroot 20 gr Pandan leaves 50 gr Sugar 60 gr Coconut milk 400 ml Water 500 ml
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh sweet potatoes
Choose sweet potatoes that are firm, feel solid in hand, and are not bruised, blackened, pitted, cracked, chipped, or show signs of mold damage. Choose those with a medium size; large ones tend to be fibrous and not sweet or tasty.
How to choose fresh taro
Choose taro roots that are medium-sized, fresh, and feel solid in hand. Large ones will be fibrous, while small ones may be hard. Avoid those that are bruised, crushed, or have dark spots, as these are damaged roots.
How to choose fresh bananas
It is advisable to choose bananas that are not uniformly colored (some ripe, some still green) and have some brown spots on the peel.
Naturally ripened bananas will ripen from the stem down to the body. Do not choose bananas that are ripe at the tip but still green at the stem, with a shiny, beautiful yellow color. These may be bananas that have been chemically treated.
Avoid buying bananas that are bruised, overly soft, or have cracked skins.
How to choose fresh mangoes
Choose mangoes that are uniformly yellow, shiny, and have no dark spots or soft areas near the stem. Gently squeeze to feel for a slight softness and detect the characteristic aroma of mango.
Avoid mangoes with blemished skin, soft spots, bruised stems, or without a fragrant smell. These may be mangoes that have been treated with chemicals.
You can buy canned coconut milk at supermarkets or reputable food stores. Additionally, to ensure safety and quality, you can also make coconut milk at home.
See details: How to make smooth, fragrant, and simple coconut milk at home
Tools Required
How to Make Bobo Chacha
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Prepare the Ingredients
Wash the ingredients thoroughly, peel the sweet potatoes, bananas, and mangoes, and cut them into 1 – 2 cm pieces.
For the beetroot, peel it and set aside about 20 grams to make soft beetroot balls.
Soak the tapioca pearls in water for about 30 minutes to let them swell.
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Steam the Potatoes
Put the sweet potatoes and taro into the steamer for 10 minutes.
After cooking, peel the taro and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
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Making chewy beetroot balls
Add 20g of beetroot with a little water into the blender and blend until smooth, then strain to extract the juice.
Place a pot on the stove and heat the beetroot juice to 80 degrees Celsius, then slowly pour it into 100g of tapioca flour, using your hands to knead it into a dough. After that, coat the dough with a layer of tapioca flour and roll it into small balls.
Boil a pot of water, then add the beetroot balls and cook until done; the cooked beetroot balls will be slightly translucent and float on the surface of the water, with a cooking time of about 15 minutes.
After boiling, take the beetroot balls out and place them in a bowl of cold water to firm them up and achieve a chewy texture.
Tip: After boiling, you can add a little sugar and mix well, soaking for about 5 minutes to give the beetroot balls a sweeter and more delicious flavor. Then place the beetroot balls in cold water.
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Final Product
Bobo Chacha dessert offers you a sweet and creamy taste of coconut milk combined with the nutty flavor of sweet potatoes, the sweet and sour taste of mango and banana, all harmonized with the enticing aroma of pandan leaves.
Origin of Bobo Chacha (Bubur Cha Cha)
- Bobo Chacha, also known as Bubur Cha Cha, is a famous dessert from Malaysia that is loved by many food enthusiasts around the world, often found in culinary parties featuring delicious dishes.
- Bobo Chacha is made from ingredients like sweet potatoes, taro, bananas, mangoes, tapioca pearls, coconut milk, and chewy tapioca balls that create a unique nutty, sweet, and fragrant flavor for the dish.
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The dish Bobo Chacha is rich in Malaysian flavor with a simple recipe and easily obtainable ingredients, providing you with a fragrant and creamy dessert that is enticing. Wishing you success in making it!
*Refer to the images and recipe from the channel Peaceful Cuisine
