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Tapioca
is a starch tasteless,, colorless, odorless and extracted from
the root of the plant species Manihot esculenta. This species,
native to South America, now grown throughout the world and is
named in many ways, including cassava, bitter cassava, manioc,
yuca, aipim, macaxeira," manioc " "Boba",
"yuca" (not to be confused with yucca),
"Sagudana" (literally, sago drops), with local
variation of "Sabudana" and "kappa".
Tapioca is gluten free, and nearly protein free. The way it is
introduced commercially as tapioca pearls.
The name of tapioca is a word derived from tipi'óka, the name
of this starch in Tupi Tupi This word refers to the process by
which starch is made edible. However, as the word of South
America came to refer to similar preparations with other
esculents.
'Tapioca' in Britain often refers to a rice pudding thickened
with arrowroot, while in Asia the sap of the sago palm is often
part of their preparation.
Tapioca pearl is like the pearl sago, which is used essentially
in the same way. Therefore, it may be called tapioca sago, and
v.s
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from Free Wikipedia
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