On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:20:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>I don't care much for pearl tapioca and buying the granular kind in those little boxes is pretty expensive, so when I found the latter in a two-pound bag at an Indian store (definitely cheaper per pound), I thought I had it made.
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>Trouble is, when I followed the Joy of Cooking recipe, while I cooked it for maybe 30 minutes, it just didn't thicken and congeal the way I'm used to.
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>Got any ideas?
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>I'm pretty sure this is the recipe I used:
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>https://books.google.com/books?id=C4...ing%22&f=false
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>3 Tbs. tapioca
>1/2 cup sugar
>1/4 tsp. salt
>1 or 2 beaten eggs (I only used one - maybe I should have used two?)
>2 cups milk
>1/2 tsp. vanilla
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>You use a double boiler. The total time was supposed to be 12 minutes - but that was for quick-cooking tapioca, which, I assume, was not what I had. Again, I cooked it for maybe 30 minutes.
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>Lenona.

The tapioca at Indian markets ir likely sego palm starch, but it works
about the same... my recipes work well.

PEARL TAPIOCA PUDDING

1/2 C. pearl tapioca
2 C. milk
2 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
1/4 C. milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Soak tapioca overnight

Cook tapioca and the 2 C.
milk in top of double boiler
until tapioca becomes clear.

Mix eggs and sugar together and thin with
the 1/4 C. milk.

Cook till thick and add vanilla
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Pearl Tapioca Pudding

1/2 cup tapioca
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 teas salt
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs, separated
1/2 teas vanilla

Soak Tapioca in 2 cups room temp water overnight.
Drain water. In double boiler, heat milk until
just no longer cold. Add salt and tapioca. Continue
heating till small bubbles appear at side of pan.
Cover, turn heat to very low, and cook for one hour.
Make sure milk mixture does not simmer or boil.
Separate egg whites from yolks. Beat yolks and sugar
together till light yellow. Add a little of the hot
mixture to the egg yolks and blend. Then add yolk
mixture too the hot milk mixture, stirring constantly.
Place double boiler over medium heat and cook till
thick, about 15 minutes. Beat egg whites till stiff,
fold into the hot mixture, add vanilla. Serve warm or
chilled.
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Reese Large Pearl Tapioca
Sago Pudding (Gula Melaka)

Gula Melaka is the name of the brown palm sugar
tapped from the coconut tree. It has a fragrance
so intensely delicious that it needs only the
addition of thick coconut cream to create a sauce
of unsurpassed richness. This is poured over a
simple pudding made from sago pearls.

Ingredients

210 grammes (7 oz) sago
10 cups water
210 grammes (7 oz) palm sugar
Half cup water
2 grated coconuts
Quarter tsp salt

Instructions to Cook

Wash one big jelly mould or eight small jelly moulds
and do not wipe dry. Wash the sago in a large basin
of water. Drain. Boil water in a large saucepan, add
sago a little a time, stirring after each addition to
ensure that the sago does not stick together in lumps.
After all the sago has been added, let the water come
to boil again and turn it to low heat stirring once or
twice to keep the grains apart. Turn off the fire when
the grains turn translucent. Pour the mixture into a
large sieve to drain off the water. Put mixture into a
large basin of cold water and stir with a spoon. Once
again, drain all the water through a sieve. Pour the
sago in the jelly moulds. Smooth down the top, cool
and store overnight in the fridge. Boil palm sugar
and water till sugar melts. Strain to remove grit.
Squeeze coconut through a piece of muslin for thick
milk. Store in the fridge. The pudding, sauce and coconut
milk should be very cold when you serve them. The pudding
can be removed from jelly mould by easing the sides off with
a knife. The two sauces should be offered separately and each
person pours a little of each over the pudding. Replace palm
sugar with molasses and fresh coconut milk with liquid processed
coconut milk in cans or packets. Serves 6 to 8 people.