Instant Pot Vegan Tapioca Pudding is fabulously creamy custard like dessert with the perfect texture and sweetness. With just 6 ingredients and easy instructions you will want to make this old time favorite dessert over and over!
Tapioca pearls are starch rich so they soak up great amount of liquid. This eggless custard recipe makes velvety creamy pudding without heavy calories. So enjoy the guilt free dessert.
This recipe uses very minimal ingredients, minimal supervision yet you get satisfying and delicious dessert! So it's a win win!! You will also love the convenience of making this Instant Pot Tapioca Pudding using electric pressure cooker and making it effortlessly.
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You will love this Dairy Free Tapioca Pudding because :
- It's vegan and gluten free
- It is easy to make.
- Only natural ingredients are used.
- You can make a large batch and use multiple times.
- Better tasting than store brought and cost friendly too.
We love Kozy Shack's Tapioca Pudding that's sold in supermarkets and grocery stores. Every now and then, I would buy it for occasions and late night snacking.
However, added preservatives and extra filler ingredients were always a turn off. So I was looking to make a clean dessert recipe.
And few trials later, perfectly consistent quality Vegan Tapioca Pudding Recipe was born in our kitchen. Indulgent, creamy yet low calorie.
MANGO TAPIOCA PUDDING
There is a small Thai joint near our house and they make some unbelievable Mango Tapioca Pudding. That unbelievable taste is still lingering in my mind as I write this recipe.
It is easy to make it using the same recipe. Stir in ½ cup mango puree after the pudding is cooked and you have delicious Vegan Mango Tapioca Pudding to devour.
INSTANT POT VEGAN TAPIOCA PUDDING
This also is an Instant Pot Dump and Start recipe if you want to make it in electric pressure cooker, which I highly recommend.
To make Instant Pot Tapioca Pudding, you toss all of the ingredients into the pot and start it up. After it's done cooking, simply stir it. Let it cool down and then enjoy !!
The stove top method needs bit more active monitoring and constant stirring. Rest assured, whichever method you choose, it produces heavenly delicious pudding. Instructions for both the methods are included in the recipe card below.
INGREDIENTS OF VEAGN TAPIOCA PUDDING
- Tapioca pearls : I love using medium sized pearls. You can get tapioca pearls in most grocery stores, Asian or Indian grocery stores or on Amazon.
- Milk and Thickner : I am using plant based Almond milk. You can use regular milk, any other nut milk or coconut milk. We also add ½ cup heavy cream ( plant based ) for the creamy thickness.
- Sweetener: Just ¼ cup of sugar adds perfect sweet taste to this pudding. You can use sweetener of your choice like maple syrup or date syrup or agave nectar. Stevia also works.
- Salt : A pinch of salt balances the flavors. I add it after the pudding is cooked so the milk doesn't curdle.
- Vanilla Extract : I add a good quality vanilla extract for flavoring. Makes it perfectly flavorful and further enhances the custard feel.
- Additional optional toppings: We prefer to top it off with fresh fruit like raspberries, strawberries or blueberries. Drizzle some maple syrup on top for extra charm. Chopped nuts, mango puree, lemon curd , coconut flakes or chocolate shavings are all good options.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS :
Tapioca pudding will thicken up substantially more as it cools, so stir in a little more milk just before serving to loosen it up some. Garnish it with your favorite toppings and enjoy this unforgettable dessert.
I personally like to serve it as cold dessert. However you can serve it at room temperature as well. Top it off with fresh cut fruit, nuts or granola.
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📖 Recipe
Instant Pot Vegan Tapioca Pudding
Ingredients
- [1 cup small or medium tapioca pearls]
- 1 cup water
- [3 cups Almond milk]
- ½ cup heavy cream or half and half - use plant based
- [¼ cup Raw sugar]
- [⅛ teaspoon salt]
- [1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract]
Instructions
INSTANT POT INSTRUCTIONS:
- Lightly spray the oil spray at the base of steel inner pot. Add Tapioca pearls, milk, water and sugar in the inner pot. Give it a quick stir.
- Close the lid of the Instantpot and move the valve to SEALING. Choose MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK on Hi for 5 minutes.
- When Instantpot beeps after it's done cooking, Cancel the keep warm setting. Let the pressure release naturally. NPR. Once the silver pin drops, open the lid.
- Add heavy cream, vanilla and salt and give the pudding mixture a good stir. Your delicious Tapioca Pudding is ready. Garnish it with your favorite toppings and serve at room temperature or chilled.
STOVE TOP DIRECTIONS:
- Heat a heavy bottom sauce pan over medium heat. Lightly spray the base with cooking oil. ( optional but highly recommended ) Add water and milk to the pan and let it come to boil.
- Add Tapioca pearls and sugar to the mix and give it a good stir. Let it simmer for 10-15 minutes on medium heat stirring occasionally. Milk will start reducing and tapioca pearls will be doubled in size and start looking translucent.
- Keep stirring intermittently so that the pudding doesn't burn at the bottom. Once it reaches yogurt like consistency, remove it off the heat.
- Stir in heavy cream, salt and vanilla extract and mix well. Let the pudding chill till it reaches room temperature. Garnish with your favorite toppings and serve chilled or at room temperature.
Darliss
I'm allergic to dairy and most nuts, but used coconut milk and coconut cream. It does give it more of a coconut flavor, but it tasted really good.
Shirley Phillips
I have made this more than once, and it never fails to satisfy! I’ve made it with almond milk, whole A2 milk, and now with soy milk. I’ve used swerve, monk fruit and coconut sugar to sweeten it, added eggs to some, and real cream if I had it, also coconut cream, or yogurt, always good, no burn notices! This time I used the medium tapioca, but added a couple tablespoons of small ones, to see if it would be thicker, and used a little more milk, we’ll see how it turns out,
Paulette Ann Meier
I followed the recipe as is, with almond milk, except I didn't have any half and half or heavy cream on hand, so I used coconut milk. Unfortunately, I failed to notice that the cream was supposed to be mixed in after it was cooked, and I put it in with everything else. I did have a burn problem (twice), but turned it off and stirred it up aging, scraping off the bottom, and started over. It turned out delicious! Only problem was that the texture was very glue-like, even rubbery. Any idea why?? Thanks!!
Dana
I didn’t see the “do not use instant tapioca” until I had everything in the instant pot! I reduced the time to 1 minute but I’m afraid it won’t absorb all that liquid! I though 4 cups of liquid sounded like a lot. Oh well, we’ll see what happens.
admin
Hope it turned out well for you. You can sauté it for few minutes so the liquid evaporates
Arpita Patel
So Good! it turned out fabulous! As good as my grandma's and that's saying alot!:
Robin M Foster
Mine didn't burn. I am no cooking expert at all and I'm new to instapot but I had a gut instinct that cutting down the milk and the water content by 1/3 would be wise. I greased my pan with a vegan butter instead of a spray. When I opened up the lid I didn't wait for it to completely exhaust the Steam on its own. I rushed it do it on my own, released the steam after 5 minutes of letting it do it on its own. Instead of whole milk I used whipped coconut cream and I used 2/3 of the can. The texture looks just right and like it will solidify more as it cools. That tastes very coconut E. I also added in some chopped mango. Next time I'll add toasted coconut to it. Plan on eating it with oat whipped cream.
Annie
Mine burnt also. I salvaged it by pouring it into my 6" baking pan and cooking for 3 minutes longer.
It made a mess of the liner. I sprayed but seemed to do no good. Easier to use an insert.
Jenn
I made it just as recipe says including canola spread on bottom. I usedWhole milk also. It came out burned on bottom. Could more oil on the bottom really have stopped the burning?
admin
Some newer models of Instant Pot have burn problems more than others. If nothing gets stuck at the bottom it helps.
Kristine
Halved recipe in my 3-quart Instant Pot (since I'm the only one in our household who likes tapioca pudding). Used whole milk (what I had on hand), otherwise following recipe as written, including spraying the pot lightly. It came out just fine -- no burn notice and good consistency. Will definitely make again, perhaps with coconut milk.
Kajira Djoumahna
I tried to make the instant pot tapioca pudding recipe but before it even got to pressure, my instant pot informed me that the food was burning, and I had to cancel it. Any advice would be appreciated so much.
admin
Hi Kajira, burn message typically comes when something is stuck at the base. Please make sure to deglaze the pot and use oil spray to start off the recipe. Hope this helps.