Wednesday, October 14, 2009


Cassava

Cassava or kamoteng kahoy is a root crop widely used in the Philippines. You may not be familiar with the root crop itself but may have run across some of the by products of cassava. To name a few, Tapioca balls (sago) are made from cassava. Tapioca starch is the best thickener for Chinese-style stir-fried dishes. Cassava suffered from some very bad publicity two years ago when school children died in Bohol after eating maruyang balanghoy, a snack of fried cassava although subsequent investigations showed that it was the cooked snack that was the culprit, not the cassava itself.


Ingredients:


2 pounds grated cassava

One 16 ounce can less 6 tablespoons coconut cream

½ cup sugar

6 tablespoons coconut cream

One 14-ounce can condensed milk

2 cups coconut milk

5 whole eggs

6 tablespoons condensed milk

One 13-ounce can evaporated milk

Grated coconut



Toppings

2 egg yolks, beaten



Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F. In a mixing bowl, In a mixing bowl, combine pudding ingredients. Save 6 tablespoons coconut cream for topping.

2. Mix well. Pour mixture into a buttered 11-3/4 inch shallow rectangular cake pan and bake for approximately 30 minutes.

3. Mix the topping ingredients well and spread evenly on top of pudding and continue baking for another 25 minutes.

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