Taho (Filipino Silken Tofu Breakfast)
Warm silken tofu in cups with dark caramel syrup and chewy tapioca pearls, sold from buckets at dawn.
⏱ 60 min total🔪 10 min prep🔥 35 min cookEasyServes 4Filipino
Ingredients
- •500 g silken tofu
- •120 g brown sugar
- •120 ml water
- •120 g tapioca pearls
Directions
- 1Boil the tapioca pearls in plenty of water for twenty-five minutes until translucent to the centre.
- 2Drain the pearls and rinse them briefly in cold water.
- 3Put the brown sugar and water in a small pan and simmer eight minutes to a loose dark syrup.
- 4Warm the silken tofu gently, either by steaming it or standing the pack in hot water.
- 5Rest the tofu ten minutes so it warms through without breaking up.
- 6Spoon broad flat scoops of tofu into cups, add pearls, and pour the syrup over.
💡 Scoop the tofu in wide shallow layers with a flat spoon. Digging into it with a ladle breaks it into curds.
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