It's not just for bubble tea.
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What is Tapioca? / Easy Tapioca Pudding Recipe
Before emigrating to the United States from her native Germany Nadia lived and worked in several other countries. This experience and her fluency in several languages have given her a deep understanding of other cuisines and cultures.
If you’re well-versed in gluten-free flours and starches you’re probably familiar with tapioca. Otherwise you might know it as the chewy balls in your boba tea or as a common ingredient in pudding. But tapioca can do so much more than just add a little fluffiness to desserts. Read on to learn more about tapioca and its uses.
Tapioca is a gluten-free thickener gelling agent and baking ingredient made from yuca the root of the cassava or manioc tree. Tapioca comes in several forms: The most common dry tapioca products are tapioca flour and pearl tapioca which have a pearl size of 1 to 8 millimeters in the uncooked stage. Tapioca is primarily associated with desserts but it can also be used in savory dishes such as Pao de Queijo (Brazilian cheese bread).
