Dictionary entry

Tapioca

Pronunciation: /ˌtapɪˈəʊkə/

Pronunciation

/ˌtapɪˈəʊkə/

Myanmar Meaning

ပီလောပီနံ။

Definition

tapioca / ' tæpi'ǝƱkǝ/ n [U ] ပီေလာပီနံ။

Examples

  1. ‘And after the evening meetings delegates enjoyed the traditional tapioca pancakes available from stalls in the town square.’
  2. ‘And here comes the dessert
  3. the spotlight of the day - ice cream of your choice with tapioca in sweet coconut milk sauce.’
  4. ‘The owner is selling tea and coffee with tapioca balls placed in the bottom of the cup.’
  5. ‘The main agricultural products are rice
  6. tapioca
  7. sugar
  8. corn
  9. and fruits.’
  10. ‘For the tapioca blini: In a bowl
  11. whisk together flour
  12. melted butter
  13. beer and egg whites; season with salt and pepper.’
  14. ‘A basic meal comprises a starch food
  15. preferably soft or hard taro
  16. or rice
  17. and a protein food
  18. normally fish.’
  19. ‘The buffet each day is complete with desserts made of tapioca
  20. pumpkin
  21. coconut
  22. and bananas.’
  23. ‘At breakfast time manioc is eaten in two forms: in a dried powder or in tapioca pancakes.’
  24. ‘Black tapioca pearls are made of a mixture of sweet potato flour
  25. tapioca flour and brown sugar
  26. which gives the pearls their distinctive color.’
  27. ‘Drain the grenadine chestnuts
  28. reserving the marinade
  29. and toss with half the tapioca flour.’
  30. ‘In a bowl
  31. combine tapioca and milk; soak for one hour.’
  32. ‘You don't need to know what I think of tapioca
  33. even with vanilla
  34. and anise.’
  35. ‘Coat the fish with tapioca starch
  36. patting off any excess
  37. place in the fryer
  38. and cook until golden brown
  39. about five minutes.’
  40. ‘He never told the commissary to make tapioca pudding no matter how often I asked.’
  41. ‘The wrapper in this case is made primarily from tapioca starch
  42. which imparts a translucent sheen to the roll.’
  43. ‘Spam fritters
  44. tapioca and stewed prunes are also on the school's menu.’
  45. ‘For the tempura batter
  46. in a medium bowl
  47. combine the flour
  48. tapioca starch
  49. salt
  50. and sugar and stir well to combine.’
  51. ‘Desserts were generally varieties of pap made from oatmeal
  52. semolina
  53. or pudding rice cooked in either milk or buttermilk.’
  54. ‘For dessert
  55. buttermilk panna cotta sprinkled with citrus wedges and toasted pine nuts is a far cry from mom's tapioca.’
  56. ‘I ate three containers of tapioca pudding when I got there just to make sure.’