noun
definition
A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
Examples of tapioca in a Sentence
Then followed rice pudding, tapioca, and some other farinaceous ditto, rhubarb tarts, &c.
Sugar-cane, maize, tapioca and other similar products are grown, however, in smaller quantities.
The fattening starches such as corn, wheat, potato or tapioca used to hold dry kibble together could also be contributing to the epidemic of obesity and other health issues in our dogs and cats.
Over the 10 years to 1985, thousands of square kilometers of rainforest were cleared in order to grow tapioca for the ECs livestock.
The bags are partially made from tapioca starch, the same product used as a sweetener in baked goods and tapioca pudding.
The pure Sakai in the interior have a good knowledge of planting rice, tapioca, &c., fashion pretty vessels from bamboos, which they decorate with patterns traced by the aid of fire, make loin-cloths (their only garment) from the bark of the trap and ipoh trees; are very musical, using a rude lute of bamboo, and a noseflute of a very sweet tone, and singing in chorus very melodiously; and altogether have attained in their primitive state to a higher degree of civilization than have the Semang.
Made from highly sugared and chilled green or black tea, ' pearl ' tea is served with chewy tapioca balls floating in it.
Waxy corn is used for the production of starch similar to tapioca.
In Brazil, for example, fresh pulp from processed acai berries is used in tapioca, mixed into ice cream and used for juice.
Noodles, tapioca, spaghetti, or macaroni cut in fancy shapes or in clusters make simple and attractive garnishes for soup.
Typical dry cat foods, for example, are loaded with carbohydrates in the form of corn and other grains, potatoes or tapioca.
Rather than the coarse texture of wheat flour, coconut flour has a silky, powder-like appearance not unlike tapioca flour.
Some tapioca flour gives the bread the texture of many gluten-based breads, while the coconut milk adds a rich, dense flavor.
You can blend it with other flours such as soy, fava bean, or tapioca flour.
This Jules brand flour consists of a blend between tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch, corn flour, white rice flour, and xanthan gum.
Tapioca starch adds a bit of chewiness to the blend and it is also a flour which stores well.
If you use a heavier flour like brown rice flour, you may also want to add a lighter weight flour such as tapioca flour or potato starch.
It is closely related to the Manioc, cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot utilissima) which it resembles when young and exhibits a similar tuberous root system.
From it is made farinha de mandioca, which is the bread of the common people of Brazil, and tapioca.
It was recently reported that supermarkets in Australia will introduce biodegradable bags made from tapioca starch in April 2003.
Gluten Free Mama offers a number of gluten free baking mixes, including a pie crust mix that employs rice flour, tapioca flour, coconut flour, and potato starch.
Bob's Red Mill makes a corn bread mix which is gluten-free, using whole grain cornmeal, whole grain sorghum flour, whole grain corn flour, and tapioca flour as its flour base.
In a medium size mixing bowl, sift together the flours, sorghum, tapioca, cocoa powder, xanthan gum, baking powder and baking soda and set aside.
If you are lusting for something rich, indulge in the smooth texture of tapioca pudding or the zing of a pear ginger crisp.
Its creative appetizers include tempura ahi wrapped in nori; steamed clams with kalua pig; and roasted duck nachos with homemade tapioca chips.
Its exports include coffee, sugar, hides, cabinet woods, tobacco and cigars, tapioca, gold, diamonds, manganese and sundry small products.
It is made from potato starch, tapioca flour, leavening agents (calcium lactate, calcium carbonate, and citric acid) and a gum derived from cottonseed.