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FAQ
Place pot over medium heat and boil cassava/yucca pieces till they are a little more than fork tender (this may take 30 minutes or more - depending on the cassava pieces. Some take longer than others). NOTE: Check the cassava while it is boiling during the 30 minutes.
Foods that people can make using cassava include:
- bread, which can contain cassava flour only or both cassava and wheat flour.
- french fries.
- mashed cassava.
- cassava chips.
- cassava bread soaked in coconut milk.
- cassava cake.
- cassava in coconut sauce.
Cassava root is naturally very low in sugar, but rich in carbohydrates when prepared without any additions. Tapioca has a similar nutritional profile. Products made from cassava, like cassava chips, can vary in sugar and nutritional content depending on what flavours are added.
How to Cook Fresh or Frozen Yuca. Whether fresh (peeled) or frozen, most recipes require yuca to be cut into 3-4 pieces and then boiled for 15-30 minutes, depending on how one plans to use it. Frozen yuca is already cut into pieces and should not be defrosted before boiling.
Boiling/Cooking. As with soaking, the free cyanide of cassava chips is rapidly lost in boiling water. About 90% of free cyanide is removed within 15 minutes of boiling fresh cassava chips, compared to a 55% reduction in bound cyanide after 25 minutes (Cooke and Maduagwu, 1978).