When I was a little boy, my older brother convinced me the small, tasteless pellets in tapioca pudding were fish eyes. Not surprisingly, I always let him eat my bowl of pudding. The tapioca plant ...

When I was a little boy, my older brother convinced me the small, tasteless pellets in tapioca pudding were fish eyes. Not surprisingly, I always let him eat my bowl of pudding. The tapioca plant ...

A: Pretty, tropical Manihot esculenta variegata is also known as ornamental bitter cassava, ornamental or variegated tapioca, and yuca. It is classified in the same plant family, Euphorbiaceae, as ...

A: Tapioca is the starch derived from the root of the cassava plant. Native to Brazil, the plant spread across South America and was taken by explorers to Europe, Africa and Asia. It is now grown ...

Tapioca is cultivated throughout the year in India, mostly confined to Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the North-East. BENGALURU: Even as the Covid19 pandemic has battered the health and ...