Tapioca
- 7 cups water
- 1 cup tapioca (use the small pearl-type tapioca from Thailand)
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 can (13.5 ounces) coconut milk
- 2 cups chopped fruit (or cooked and chopped purple sweet potato)
Tapioca
Featured in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin on May 6, 2009.
Ingredients:
Directions:
- Bring the water to a boil. Add tapioca and bring to a boil again; lower heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
- There should be a tiny white dot in each tapioca pearl ball when done.
- Remove from heat.
- Let sit for 30 minutes; add sugar.
- Cool and add coconut milk.
- Add fruits (such as melon, mandarin oranges, banana) or purple sweet potato.
- Refrigerate.
Makes 10 servings.
Approximate Nutrient Analysis per serving:
250 calories, 8 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 10 mg sodium, 46 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 31 g sugar, 1 g protein
