tapioca
Noun: 1. A granular preparation of cassava starch: A processed food product derived from the root of the cassava plant, used primarily as a thickener in cooking, especially for puddings and other desserts. It consists of small, pearl-like granules.
Tapioca is used as a food ingredient. It is typically cooked in liquid, where the granules swell and become translucent, creating a thick, often gelatinous texture. - It is a key ingredient in tapioca pudding. - It can be used to thicken soups, pies, and fruit fillings. - The pearls are also used in bubble tea.
- Tapioca Flour/Starch: A fine, powdery form of tapioca used as a gluten-free thickening agent and in baking.
- Tapioca starch is a common ingredient in gluten-free flour blends.
- Tapioca Pearls: The most recognizable form, often boiled and sweetened for use in desserts and drinks.
- The black tapioca pearls in bubble tea are made from cassava root.
- Cassava: (noun) The tropical plant () whose root is processed to make tapioca and other products.
- Manioc: (noun) Another name for the cassava plant or its root.
- Tapioca Pudding: (noun phrase) A classic dessert made by cooking tapioca pearls in milk with sugar and often eggs or flavorings like vanilla.
- Cassava starch (when referring to the powdered form)
- Manioc starch
Tapioca is naturally gluten-free. The word "tapioca" itself refers specifically to the processed starch product, not the raw cassava root, which must be properly prepared to remove toxins.
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granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
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