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Tawau tapioca snack can be easily found at the roadside stalls.
Tawau Tapioca Chips
try the special munch of Tawau
The tapioca chips of various flavors are usually oval in contour due
to the shape of the tapioca root as it is sliced into very thin
pieces before being dried and fried.
These tapioca chips are available in various packaging and brands in
supermarkets and stores nationwide and abroad.
Tawau tapioca snack stand out among the various attractively-packed
chips as each piece of the snack is coated with red sugar.
The pieces of tapioca snack are also different from the other
tapioca chips in the way of its size and how they are made.
The Tawau tapioca snack is made from grated tapioca. The pieces are
square in shape each measuring 20cm X 25cm (the size of an A4 paper)
and about 0.4 mm thin.
This sugar-coated tapioca pieces
are a snack inherited from our ancestors.
How to make Tawau Tapioca Chips
First the skin has to be peeled off before the tapioca is cleaned.
The tapioca is later grated and I use an electric grater to do the
work.
The grated tapioca is then left in the refrigerator overnight.
After being left in the refrigerator overnight, the tapioca is then
made into dough like that of the roti canai before being placed on
square-shaped banana leaves.
Each of the dough is 'compressed' and kneaded until it is about 0.4
mm thin.
These thin slices of tapioca are then steamed before being dried
under the hot sun for two to three days.
The steamed tapioca must be dried immediately to avoid the growth of
fungi.
When the dough pieces are really
dry, then they could be immersed in oil and fried before being
coated with molten red sugar.
Then the tapioca chips are packed into air tight plastic packs to
prevent them from getting stale. |
