Between the snacks, snacks offered, so varied, ecuadorian cuisine, is the cassava bread. This appetizer is served in Ecuador as a snack dish, it is also served for breakfast or snack, in this case, it is consumed accompanied with coffee. It is also served to accompany the main course at lunch or dinner. This bread is made with cassava starch or flour, cheese, eggs and butter are used.
Cassava starch is also known as cassava flour or starch, how tapioca or cassava starch.
The preparation of this bread is easy and simple, now you can enjoy homemade bread, with a texture and flavor that makes it a provocative dish.
Another important aspect of this cassava bread is that it is very nutritious.
In homes and places where food is sold in Ecuador, it is common to find cassava bread.
Cassava bread recipe
Plateau: Appetizer
Cooking: Ecuadorian, Latin
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Difficulty de preparation: Easy
Servings: 20 to 25 cassava loaves
Author: Layla Pujol. laylita
Normally, we are used to eating flour bread común. But, the reality is that there are other ingredients that can give us a good taste, in addition to the correct nutrition. To prove it to you, we bring you the recipe for cassava bread. Read and find out!
Ingredients to prepare cassava bread
For prepare cassava bread You only need the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of grated cheese or mozzarella cheese.
- 300 grams of cassava starch.
- 150 grams of butter.
- 100 milliliters of water or milk.
- 5 grams of baking powder.
- 2 eggs.
- A pinch of salt.
Preparation of cassava bread step by step – WELL EXPLAINED
After having all the ingredients, you will simply need to follow the steps that we will show you below to to prepare cassava bread correctly:
STEP 1 – THE MIX
You must do the perfect mix using cassava starch, cheese, baking powder and salt. When all these ingredients are together, simply add the butter and eggs.
STEP 2 – GIVE SHAPE
After you have the mixture ready, you simply have to refrigerate it for a few minutes and then form it into balls. Once done, refrigerate for 30 more minutes and then put in the oven for better results.
STEP 3 – BAKING
You must preheat the oven to 260 ° C and while it heats up, place the bread balls on a buttered tray. Subsequently, put them in the oven and leave them there for 5 or 8 minutes. Then, remove, let cool and consume.
DATA TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT:
- You can use a food processor to blend the ingredients.
- You can use tapioca flour in case you don't get starch.
- You can serve the cassava breads with ají de tomate de arbol.
Nutritional information for cassava bread
There are 120 calories in a cassava bread (100 grams)
Calories: 120 kcal
Fats: 3,71 grams
Carbohydrates: 17,58 grams
Fiber: 0,2 grams
Sugar: 0,83 grams
Protein: 3,85 grams
Cholesterol: 32 milligrams
Sodium: 149 milligrams
Potassium: 20 milligrams
Reasons to choose cassava bread
Yucca bread It is a food that has many nutrients, eating cassava bread, in addition to providing you with nutrients, provides energy for its content of carbohydrates and starches.
El flavor cassava bread is similar to plantain, it is very nice, this is a characteristic that invites the consumption of this food. Another benefit of cassava bread is that does not contain gluten.
Here are some reasons that can help you opt for the consumption of cassava bread:
- contain fiber, this favors the decrease of triglyceride levels.
- Es low in fat.
- It contains Vitamin K , which favors the formation of bone mass.
- Strengthens the hair.
- Eliminate discomfort caused by irritable colon.
- It contains minerals such as zinc, magnesium, copper.
- It has great content of iron.
- Intervenes in the Regularization for the blood pressure.
- Regulates heart rate.
- It is suggested in Treatments for some inflammations, diarrhea.
- The cassava possesses cleansing properties and anti-inflammatory, These properties make cassava bread allow the reduction de inflammation in the joints.
- Allows fluidity to the blood, this promotes circulation.
Cassava bread in other countries of America.
In several countries of Latin America is known and is elaborates el cassava bread.
In its preparation you can observe variations in some ingredient or way of making it.
In countries where cassava bread is usually prepared and consumed, it, as in Ecuador, is very popular and is served at breakfast, as an appetizer, as a snack, and is even served at lunch to accompany the main or main dish. .
Yucca bread adopt names different in the different latin countries where it is consumed, some examples are:
- With the name of chips it is known in Paraguay and Argentina
- wedge in Bolivia.
- Pao de queijo a Brasil.
Other alternatives using cassava.
La Yucca, food known since ancient times, is a tuber that is used very frequently in the more de South America. It is said to be native to Paraguay and Brazil, it has spread throughout South America.
Cassava is an ingredient primordial in the meals of Latin countries, being found in their typical dishes.
It constitutes the basic ingredient in dishes such as fritters and cassava.
Cassava mixed with other vegetables gives rise to broths, soups of varied flavors and textures.
Girls, atole, desserts, salads They have this food as an ingredient in their preparation.
Here we leave you recipes, ways to prepare cassavaAll delicious alternatives with this ancient food:
- baked cassava
- The muchines of cassava (sweet or salty pancakes) typical Ecuadorian dish
- cassava cake
- cassava yapingachos
- Cassava locro with pork
- Cauliflower and cassava bread
- Yucca omelette
- Cassava and pork cakes
- Cassava stuffed with ground meat
- Cassava stuffed with cheese
- cassava with garlic
- Arepas of cassava
- Cassava fritters
- cassava salad
- cassava with chicken
- Cassava cake
- Fried yucca
- Yucca Chicha
- cassava wine
- cassava masato
