cold water, then whisk the slurry into a hot liquid for about seconds. look for it in asian markets and health food stores. equivalents: one tablespoon thickens one cup of liquid. substitutes: tapiocastarch (very similar) or instant clearjel® or cornstarch (cornstarch doesn't impart as glossy a finish...
as peru, mexico, guatemala, honduras and brazil. it was grown in these countries for to years, and later spread to other parts of the world. the portugese and the spanish took tapiocafrom mexico to the philippines in the th century and the dutch introduced it to indonesia in the th century. there is...