Oriental Tapioca From Heaven

Ingredients

1 pound bag of small tapioca (Oriental or Indian markets have them)

4 cups of water

2 cups or more sugar

2 1/2 cups finely chopped toasted peanuts

2 1/2 cups finely shredded cocunut not toasted

Preparation

Bring water to a boil and add the sugar until it dissolves, add the tapioca and lower heat, cooking and stirring constantly until tapioca achieves it's gelatin like consistency, remove from heat.

In an oval or square medium size pyrex dish spread a layer of the tapioca followed with a layer of cocunut, layer of tapioca, layer of peanuts ending on a layer of peanuts.

Place in the refrigerator for an hour or more until it is set. Serve cold.

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Permalink Melissa Peterman
October 23, 2009

Oh Wow! What a delicious idea!

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This recipe was given to my mother by one of her best friends who was born in China, her family owns several restaurants Maracaibo, Venezuela. This is such a delightful recipe, not too sweet and just awesome and untraditional!! Thank you to Margarita for the great recipe!!