TAPIOCA

What is tapioca?

Tapioca is a brazilian food. Tapioca is derived from the word tipi'óka, its name in the Tupí language spoken by natives when the Portuguese first arrived in the Northeast Region of Brazil around 1500.This Tupí word is translated as 'sediment' or 'coagulant' and refers to the curd-like starch sediment that is obtained in the extraction process.

Why you should eat it?

Tapioca is very versitile. You can fill with salty or sweet options. It is also an excelent nutrionally speaking. Furthermore, is super easy to do tapioca. Is very fast and practical. And last but not least, tapioca is delicious .

Did you know that during the II World War, in a shortage of food in South America and a migration crisis, many refugees survived because of TAPIOCA?

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