Which Foods Made From Cassava | Nutrient Content of Cassava
- on August 15, 2010
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After making cassava cheese recipe if there is nothing wrong in discussing about the nutrient content in cassava.
Cassava is a tropical and subtropical annual tree can be planted throughout the year. The edible parts of plants other than cassava tubers or roots are also part of leaves, usually used for various dishes.
Cassava tuber is the source of energy-rich carbohydrates but very poor in protein. A good source of protein found on cassava leaves precisely because it contains the amino acid methionine.
Cassava roots contain a lot of glucose and can be eaten raw. It was slightly sweet, some are bitter depending on the content of which can form the glucoside poison cyanide. Tuber that tastes sweet to produce at least 20 mg of HCN per kilogram of fresh roots, and 50 times more on potatoes that taste bitter. In this type of cassava, sweet, the cooking process is necessary to reduce toxicity. From these tubers can also be made of tapioca flour.
Some foods made from cassava:
* Original cassava chips
* Chips opaque
* Chips alen-alen
* Cassava cheese
Hopefully useful.
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