How To Make Tapioca Flour From Scratch | Tapioca Starch | Starch

Peeled and washed the cassava well.

Grated the cassava or cut it into small pieces and blended it until smooth.

Poured the blended cassava into a bowl and added enough water to make it light.

Strained the mixture using a strainer or cheesecloth to remove excess liquid.

Put the strained cassava back into the blender for a second blend to extract more starch.

Allowed the mixture to sit so the water would settle on top.

Poured off the water quickly to avoid losing starch.

Dabbed a paper towel on top to remove excess water and left it in the bowl overnight.

Scraped the firm starch out of the bowl after overnight resting.

Spread the starch onto a tray to dry completely, either in a dehydrator or in the sun.

Stirred the starch occasionally to ensure even drying.

Switched to a larger tray for drying after realizing the first tray was too small.

Blended the completely dried starch to make it smooth.

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