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Feature Ingredient: Taro
Taro is a root vegetable native to Southern India and Southeast Asia. It is a starchy almost potato like vegetable that is a staple in African, Oceanic and South Indian cultures; they are used in curries, served as dessert, eaten in soups and many more. Taro has a light purple colour, as seen above, and can be cooked in a number of ways (roasted, baked, boiled, steamed, fried etc.) It is often used as a substitute for potato, given its similar texture. The root has even become popular to the extent of becoming a flavour for drinks and puddings! This is because taro's versatile flavour allows it to taste great as both sweet and savoury (maybe not at the same time though). Although today we won't be trying an actual taro root (I couldn't locate one!), I wanted to try its flavoured pudding:
Recipe: Taro pudding and custard layers
Serves 10
Serves 10
Ingredients:
1 packet of taro flavoured pudding powder* (105g)
600ml boiling water
400ml pre-made custard
Clear cups
*I believe this can be bought at any asian grocer.
Method
- Pour 600ml of boiling water into a bowl and add a pack of the pudding powder. Whisk the mixture until it dissolves.
- Pour the mixture into the cups and then poor the custard in random patterns. If you'd like for a straight line banding or purple and yellow, allow for the pudding to cool first in the fridge so it will harden and support the other layers better.
- Repeat this process with more taro and custard until it reaches close to the top of the cup.
- Cool in the fridge for at least 1 hr. (I left mine overnight)
- Serve whilst cool!
Some photos illustrating the method..
- Pour 600ml of boiling water into a bowl and add a pack of the pudding powder. Whisk the mixture until it dissolves.
- Pour the mixture into the cups and then poor the custard in random patterns. If you'd like for a straight line banding or purple and yellow, allow for the pudding to cool first in the fridge so it will harden and support the other layers better.
- Repeat this process with more taro and custard until it reaches close to the top of the cup.
- Cool in the fridge for at least 1 hr. (I left mine overnight)
- Serve whilst cool!
Some photos illustrating the method..
Pour the pudding powder into a bowl
Combine with hot water and mix well
Layer in the cups with custard and allow them to chill overnight
Serve the tasty treats
Ratings/Comments:
Price: 5/5
Difficulty: 1/5
Taste: 3/5
Overall: 4/5
(1 being low/bad - 5 being high/good)
This recipe was actually really fun to make! Really creative and colourful - suitable for a child's party perhaps? You could probably also make this with other colours of pudding/jelly and make more intricate designs that would be impressive for a picnic. The flavours themselves tasted somewhat incompatible, as the custard had an almost sickly sweet taste whilst the taro was more subdued. Next time I'll try with just 2 variations of pudding/jelly - the levels of sugar will then be similar and hopefully the contrast won't be as stark... Nevertheless, a fun and inexpensive treat to try out for the weekend!
- C
Price: 5/5
Difficulty: 1/5
Taste: 3/5
Overall: 4/5
(1 being low/bad - 5 being high/good)
This recipe was actually really fun to make! Really creative and colourful - suitable for a child's party perhaps? You could probably also make this with other colours of pudding/jelly and make more intricate designs that would be impressive for a picnic. The flavours themselves tasted somewhat incompatible, as the custard had an almost sickly sweet taste whilst the taro was more subdued. Next time I'll try with just 2 variations of pudding/jelly - the levels of sugar will then be similar and hopefully the contrast won't be as stark... Nevertheless, a fun and inexpensive treat to try out for the weekend!
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