What is tapioca? Detailed answer

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What is tapioca?

Do you like tapioca pudding? Looking at it, you will not believe what it is made of and what was done with it before it became a pudding on your table!

Tapioca is obtained from the roots of a large shrub common in warm countries. The shrub is called "cassava" or "cassava" in English, as well as "yucca" or "mandioca".

Cassava roots contain approximately 33% starch and 67% water, and take a long time to cook food from the roots. First they are washed and cleaned, then for three or four days they are lowered into a boiler or simply into a river. They can also be ground on a grater without pre-soaking, getting a pasty mass. The pasta is either fried and eaten or dried and made into flour.

To prepare tapioca, the pounded mass is thoroughly mixed with very clean water and removed. Pure grains of starch gradually settle to the bottom, and all the dirt merges.

The starch is then extracted and re-mixed with water, a process that can be repeated four to five times. When the starch becomes pure enough, it is sprinkled on a metal dish, which is placed on a slow fire. During cooking, the starch is constantly stirred. Over time, starch forms small lumps.

Once cooked, the pure starch is called "tapioca". Now you know that the roots of the bush go through a long processing before becoming your food. Americans get most of their tapioca from Brazil, Madagascar and Java.

The pure cassava starch, not fired, is known in the US as "tapioca flour". It is used in the processing of cotton products, in the production of glue, for example for postage stamps, and for other purposes.

Author: Likum A.

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