Amazing healthy snack from Kerala- Tapioca chips

While most from around the globe are well familiar with Kerala's famous banana chips, not many of them heard of its country cuisine- "Tapioca chips" aka "Kappa Varuthathu" is also called "Cassava". Tapioca, the South American origin VIP product now popularly cultivated all over Kerala. It is a widely used product of South India especially Kerala. Majority of Keralites consumes it as a primary food and is served with Fish curry. Apart from being a usual food item, Tapioca is also used to prepare a tasty and crispy snack out of it. and it is readily available in every small and large bakery around Kerala. The most common method of preparation for tapioca chips is using thin yet long wafers of tapioca deep fried in pure coconut oil along with other ingredients and spices.

It is a bit difficult to prepare yummy tapioca chips in home, because of the different steps involved beginning from getting Tapioca from market to cutting them into thin slices to deep frying in Coconut oil. Sometimes, it might not good tasty the end product prepared at home. Because of the exact ingredients and the exact process involved, the chips you bought from the market from a trusted manufacturer will be awesome to have.

Tapioca chips are usually deep-fried and then seasoned with spicy and tangy red chilli powder. Tapioca can provide many health benefits out of it. You might have seen vegans hitching to get the right amount of protein from every possible source. Tapioca contains a good amount of protein which provides the benefits needed by the human body. Tapioca is absolutely free from all the allergens, and it is found to an ingredient which can be found in many gluten-free products. Tapioca is a rich source of fibre has dietary fibres which can clean the excessive accumulation in your stomach or intestine. This will not give you the feeling of fullness and will also not cause constipation. Pregnant women are advised to consume folic acid to avoid birth defects. You will be surprised to know that tapioca has a good amount of Vitamin B-complex and folic acid. You can consume this yummy tapioca wafers and take natural folic acid to your body.