How to Cook Beautiful and Delicious Red Pearl Sake Dessert That You’ll Never Get Tired of Eating

How to make Red Pearl Sake Dessert

• 1

  Prepare and steam the sake

  After buying the sake, wash it clean, let it drain, and cut each fruit lengthwise into 4 pieces.

  Place a steamer pot on the stove, add the sake, and steam for about 15 minutes over high heat. Once the sake is cooked, remove it, peel off the skin, and use a serrated knife to cut it into small pieces.

  

  
• 2

  Make the red pearls

  Wash the beetroot, peel it, and to get a beautiful deep color, cut the beetroot into thin slices.

  Put a pot on the stove, add 300ml of water and the sliced beetroot, and simmer over low heat for about 10 – 15 minutes to extract the color.

  After the beetroot has released its color, turn off the heat, remove the beetroot and add 100g of tapioca flour to the beetroot water to soak for about 10 minutes to absorb the color, then remove and let it drain.

  Next, add 100g of cornstarch to a bowl, then add the drained tapioca flour on top and roll it evenly so that the cornstarch coats the surface of the tapioca flour.

  Continue by boiling water in a pot, once the water is boiling, add the tapioca flour and cook for about 5 minutes, until the tapioca becomes translucent and floats to the surface, then remove it and place it in a bowl. To prevent the tapioca from sticking together, add 100g of white sugar and mix well.

  

  
• 3

  Cooking Sweet Soup

  500g of dried coconut to extract 100ml of thick coconut milk and 500ml of diluted coconut milk.

  Place a pot on the stove, add 500ml of diluted coconut milk and 200g of sticky rice, and cook for about 20 minutes over medium heat until the rice is soft, then add the already steamed sake and 500g of sugar, stirring well until the sugar dissolves.

  Tip:

  • To prevent the coconut milk from being overly sweet, you can add 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
  • You can also refer to How to make coconut milk at home shared by TasteVN to make the sweet soup more delicious.

  
• 4

  Completion

  After the sugar has completely dissolved, add the sago pearls and stir again to combine all ingredients, then turn off the heat.

  Wait for 5 minutes after turning off the heat, then add the thick coconut milk and stir until the coconut milk is blended into the sweet soup.

  Scoop the sweet soup into bowls, sprinkle some crushed roasted peanuts on top, and it is ready to enjoy.

  
• 5

  Final Product

  The finished sake red tapioca pearl sweet soup will have an attractive color from the tapioca pearls. When eaten, you will feel the soft and nutty texture of the sake, the chewy consistency of the sticky rice, combined with the creamy taste of coconut milk and peanuts—what could be better? Let’s get cooking right away!