Tapioca

Tapioca

Tapioca is the name of the typical Brazilian food, of indigenous origin, made with the starch extracted from cassava, also known as gum to tapioca.

Curious

In the rest of the world, many products of the cassava starch is also called tapioca.

The fillings will give a special touch to the tapioca and vary according to taste and the region where the cassava is consumed. The filling can be just with butter or with fresh grated coconut, condensed milk, cheese, banana, chocolate, meat-of-sun, with chocolate and strawberry guava with cheese and others.

The tapioca was the basic staple of Brazilian Indians and is part of the menu of Brazilians. Later, the Portuguese settlers found that tapioca served as a good substitute for bread.