Sago is a starch extracted from the spongy centre, or pith, of various tropical palm stems, especially Metroxylon sagu , the true sago palm. The starch pith is taken from the stems and ground to powder.
The powder is kneaded in water over a cloth or sieve. It passes into a trough where it settles. After a few washings, the flour is ready to be used in cooking. Sago is sold as flour, or like tapioca, in the form of "pearls". Sago and tapioca are both nearly pure carbohydrate with almost no protein, vitamins, or minerals, much like white rice.
When soaked and cooked, both become much larger, translucent, soft and spongy. Sago and tapioca therefore play pretty much identical roles in the food chain, to the point where they are treated as synonyms, as in this sample Barb sent me.
Because these people rely on these crops as food staples and because supply is not unlimited, in some areas commercial or industrial harvesting of wild stands of sago-palm can conflict with the food needs of local communities. In Brazilian cuisine, tapioca is used for different types of meals. In beiju or biju , the tapioca is moistened, strained through a sieve to become a coarse flour, then sprinkled onto a hot griddle or pan, where the heat makes the starchy grains fuse into a flatbread which resembles a grainy pancake.
Choices for fillings range from butter, cheese, ham, bacon, various kinds of meat, chocolate, fruits such as ground coconut, condensed milk, chocolate with sliced pieces of banana or strawberry, among others. After extraction, the wet pulp is squeezed to create a starchy liquid.
Once all the water evaporates, the tapioca flour remains. Typically, tapioca flour works best in a gluten-free baking when combined with three or four other starches and flours.
Cassava flour, also known as Polvilho , is made from just the ground-up root of the cassava plant and is a staple ingredient Brazil, Portugal, and many other countries outside of the United States. Cassava flour is also a fiber, and provides an even thicker texture than tapioca flour in baking, which means you can use less gums or other thickeners when baking with it. Additionally, it is a resistant starch, meaning that the flour promotes gut health and helps the body to absorb carbs more slowly.
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