Tapioca powder or pearls

[Guest guest]

Pardon my ignorance, but can someone out there explain to me how you handle

these. I tried to use these with soy yogurt. Sometimes, it is ok. Sometimes, it

settles to the bottom. That is for the powder. I want to use the pearls, but I

am not sure what to do with them. I bought them when I couldn't get the powder.

Now, they are just sitting in the fridge. I had tried mixes Agar and Tapioca

from a recipe online, but I don't always have the Agar handy. Any tips would be

appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ellen

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Ellen:

 

I've found that for the tapioca flour, temperature control is critical.  mix the

tapioca flour (starch) and agar with VERY cold water until there are no lumps,

then bring your soy milk up to 180 degrees, and stir in your starch mix slowly

and stir and cook on medium until it becomes thick and glossy.  Then, of course,

you want to add your culture or starter only after this cools to 115 F

 

If you can't find the agar, you can substitute arrowroot and or cornstarch and

mix in the same way.

 

My understanding is that the tapioca pearls are the same as the flour just

processed differently to form the shape, so I supposed you could process them in

your food proccesor to a powder and use in the same manner - please don't hold

me to this, I'm not sure.

 

Both the tapioca flour and agar powder are available from barryfarm.com (that's

where I get mine).

 

Hope that helps,

Pete

 

 

--- On Mon, 11/17/08, Ellen OConnor <llamalass wrote:

Ellen OConnor <llamalass

Tapioca powder or pearls

 

Monday, November 17, 2008, 8:28 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pardon my ignorance, but can someone out there explain to me how you

handle these. I tried to use these with soy yogurt. Sometimes, it is ok.

Sometimes, it settles to the bottom. That is for the powder. I want to use the

pearls, but I am not sure what to do with them. I bought them when I couldn't

get the powder. Now, they are just sitting in the fridge. I had tried mixes Agar

and Tapioca from a recipe online, but I don't always have the Agar handy. Any

tips would be appreciated.

 

 

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

Ellen