Why Tapioca Crepes Are A Signature Brazilian Dish

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Insider’s Medha Imam went to TAP NYC to try beijú for the first time. The dish is made from tapioca, a starch extracted from cassava root, and is often referred to as a tapioca crêpe. It's commonly eaten for breakfast in Brazil. The health-conscious food has been a staple among indigenous people from the northeast region of the Amazon forest for hundreds of years. Today, it is an integral part of Brazilian cuisine and is typically eaten with sweet and savory fillings. We met up with Brazilian travel influencer Jo Franco, who shared how she eats the dish and to see how it’s prepared at TAP NYC.
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Why Tapioca Crepes Are A Signature Brazilian Dish

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@winter10x06 4 жыл бұрын

I went to Brazil 🇧🇷 last year from Philippines 🇵🇭, and when I was in São Paulo, I had this tapioca snack almost everyday! I love it with lots of cheese! There was this sweet lady selling them outside of the Shopping Cidade mall in Avenida Paulista, and I always bought from her! Those simple things including Pão de Queijo are what I miss about Brazil! Now that I am back in my home country Philippines 🇵🇭, i have learned to make the tapioca crepes and Pão de queijo myself! They both use the same ingredient which is tapioca or cassava flour, which I am thankful they have in my country! It’s like I can get to taste a slice of Brazil 🇧🇷 in my home!

@flawyerlawyertv7454 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏

@winter10x06 3 жыл бұрын

@@elisa_moonlight2328 oh nice!! I went to rio de janeiro before! I stayed in laranjeiras and rua visconde de piraja area in ipanema! I miss the parties there. I hope everyone is fine. If you have social media like IG, i can follow! Muito obrigado!!

@areyoucrazyayc3876 2 жыл бұрын

@winter10x06 That's really nice to say, glad you made some good memories here! I wish I could visit Philippines one day, it looks lovely. Stay safe :)

@winter10x06 2 жыл бұрын

@@areyoucrazyayc3876 You would love it! Especially the beaches! I felt so good and at home in Sao Paulo and Brazil so I hope you feel at home if ever you come to Philippines! Muito obrigado!!

@fonsecalima1022 2 жыл бұрын

Tapioca is a traditional food from Pernambuco Brazil

@raquelcarlotti1921 4 жыл бұрын

I am Brazilian, and I have to say that tapiocas are amazing, they are totally healthy and we eat them sweet or savory, they are the best ❤️

@juliaberrry 4 жыл бұрын

Medha saying "Obrigada" is so cute

@icantthinkofaname15 4 жыл бұрын

NANA do you have blood all over your mouth area???

@alexandrabianchini6150 4 жыл бұрын

It's an indigenous food it was eaten even before Europeans get there.

@flamah10n 3 жыл бұрын

idaí 🤷🏿‍♂️

@fabiogaldinogeol1065 2 жыл бұрын

@@flamah10n so assistir o video . assistindo da pra entender os comentarios pra não ficar boiando no atraso.

@fonsecalima1022 2 жыл бұрын

Mas é uma comida pernambucana

@Liza-gd7jf Жыл бұрын

need to try

@gpeddino 4 жыл бұрын

A tip: If you mix three tablespoons of tapioca and an egg, you get a kind of batter that is very reminiscent of a standard crêpe, but with no dairy and no flour. As the beijú, it's also very neutral in flavor so you can make savory and sweet ones. I like adding spices and grated parmesan cheese to mine.

@frederik2500 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Brazil and I love the foods

@jofranco 4 жыл бұрын

I need tapioca every damn day

@camillegiraud6708 4 жыл бұрын

Maravilhosa! Te amo 💕

@tetestephanie 4 жыл бұрын

Missing tapioca with butter, it's very simple but amazing

@naughtynanuk 4 жыл бұрын

And garlic 😋

@Alkis05 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! tapioca and butter is such a great combination that it is good on it's own. Well, everything taste better with butter, but still...

@van_4341 3 жыл бұрын

A melhor!!

@FingeringThings 4 жыл бұрын

Brazilians: Tapioca crepe?

@capitu6700 4 жыл бұрын

Here in Brazil is tapioca.

@bombynoodlesandpotatoeschi5136 4 жыл бұрын

How are you here

@user-fw3ol4wo6h 4 жыл бұрын

UATI

@Nicole-sc8hv 4 жыл бұрын

@@Yahoo3435 ok boomer

@minez5628 4 жыл бұрын

I love this, my grandma used to do this all the time for me! She, therefore I, call it beiju and eat only with a thin layer of butter, instead of meat, chocolate or any other fillings. The fillings are actually very odd to me, can't quite like. Just butter is best. And not too thin, nor thick, if the beiju is too thick, it's too chewy and harder to eat, if thin, it's just not that special.

@sudeepb4597 Жыл бұрын

Tapioca is is widely consumed across Kerala,India. It is taken as breakfast or as a staple food. Tapioca with fish curry is absolutely delicious

@damarisclementino7459 8 ай бұрын

That's cool, we can also eat Tapioca in the morning, but in my city in Brazil, which is in the northeast, tapioca is a late afternoon food, we eat it with coffee.

@Ana-bt8pr 4 жыл бұрын

Tapioca is sooo good, it's also really quick and easy to prepare. I like to eat on breakfast with eggs or cheese and ham

@instasingingvids3529 4 жыл бұрын

Omg didn’t expect to see Jo here! Randomly clicked on this lol 😂

@Partiu 4 жыл бұрын

Brasil aqui! 🇧🇷😋

@leticiachaos 4 жыл бұрын

Tapioca é muito bom ✌

@gnomevoyeur 4 жыл бұрын

The crepes look delicious and your contrasting floral blouses are fabulous.

@nbdallashouse1658 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in the Philippines from the north thats all i eat..The only difference we use freshly grated and i use coconut to mix it instead of water..

@RockstarEater 4 жыл бұрын

3:58 Host: "I dont know if i like it, but in order to save face, i will say instead...." 😏

@Maya-yp2ey 4 жыл бұрын

Rockstar Eater so true her reaction says it all. She don’t like it hahahhahah

@gracecityla1550 4 жыл бұрын

Well Rockstar, what would you say instead? "MMMMM!"

@jessboo173 4 жыл бұрын

@@gracecityla1550 and smile and rub your belly

@stuffilikeyt 3 жыл бұрын

and then she actually like sit a second later haha

@EsteffersonTorres 3 жыл бұрын

Not everyone likes it. Even in Brazil they are not unanimity.

@EduardoFeitosa. 3 жыл бұрын

O sotaque da Medha é excelente!

@vitorkjo2 4 жыл бұрын

This Caribbean musical theme has no connection with Brazil, Brazil has no Spanish origins, and differs greatly from other Latin American countries.

@icantthinkofaname15 4 жыл бұрын

Calm down

@Matheus-mw4rm 4 жыл бұрын

Yep 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

@leticiachaos 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, nonsense..

@Annakarollina1202 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Brazil does not differ that much, I live here, we have much in common with the others latin american countries.

@greccovarella9711 3 жыл бұрын

BEAUTIFULLY SAID and 100% true.

@FoodLabASMR 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to bring new and shocking food every time.

@nggirl 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I want to try and make this!

@FOODANDTRAVELDESTINATIONS 4 жыл бұрын

Yummy! Who's craving for some crepes now? :)

@mariabatri7101 4 жыл бұрын

Tapioca with catupiry, one of the tastiest snacks 😍😋😋😋

@adamb7230 3 жыл бұрын

Saudades de beiju e pastel de Salvador.

@luizabrum7628 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from Brazil❤️❤️

@mateush2796 4 жыл бұрын

Nós brasileiros gostamos muito disso. Eu acho muito bom. Todos deveriam tentar, dá pra comer doce ou salgado.

@eniyelispena519 4 жыл бұрын

My mom makes crepes with nutella only with nutella and it tastes so good

@BigboiiTone 2 жыл бұрын

So she just puts nutella into a pan and eats it is what you're saying?

@BloodyGaaraOfSand 4 жыл бұрын

There’s tapioca crepes in Hong Kong too, but it’s stuffed with salted shrimp or fried pork. Very delicious as a meal though.

@sanjigrizz1287 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome☺️❤️

@asmaoubah8290 4 жыл бұрын

*Insert a first comment that is likely fake and isn't needed.*

@madzr4800 4 жыл бұрын

Asmaou bah bro it’s not fake I was first I even refreshed the page and there was then about her comment but it was posted after mine

@obye 4 жыл бұрын

Asmaou bah I subscribed to Food insider when it only had 1k subs

@madzr4800 4 жыл бұрын

Gacha Unicorn oh lol then

@madzr4800 4 жыл бұрын

Obye ooooo that’s very cool

@lafemmerowena 4 жыл бұрын

What's the obsession with first comment? 🤔🤣 See it all the time. And am. Like, do people get prizes or? 😂

@ChrissyGotTheCoils 4 жыл бұрын

I had a chicken crepe in Paris on the street 👏🏾 it was the best next to Philly cheesesteaks 😍

@coolpad9111 4 жыл бұрын

India eats 'Sabudana Oosal', a savory dish made from tapioca pearls.

@kinocchio 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve had sabudana khicdi ... it’s so good

@minez5628 4 жыл бұрын

I already know what to eat if I travel to India then.

@andrewgeorge1525 3 жыл бұрын

OMG ITS JO!!! OLÁ🤗

@kameha_pandamusic9284 4 жыл бұрын

Strawberries with chocolate in a tapioca soft taco shell doesn't sound bad

@Violant3 3 жыл бұрын

primeira vez que comi tapioca foi na escola, a mãe do meu amigo fazia quase todo dia pra ele levar, era uma de queijo com mortadela, achei demais!! hj em dia gosto mais dela com coco ralado e banana, muito versáril

@jasonfederico6754 4 жыл бұрын

Now I wanna go

@FingeringThings 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Food Insider: Tapioca Crepes is a Signature Brazilian dish

@minez5628 4 жыл бұрын

But, kinda is.

@gabrielxavier7835 4 жыл бұрын

I Love tapioca

@minez5628 4 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielxavier7835 me too, mate, me too

@mariabatri7101 4 жыл бұрын

It is, I am a Greek that went in Brazil for 2 months in 2015 and I had it almost every day 😅😋😋

@filafas800 3 жыл бұрын

duh but it is

@izzyb971 4 жыл бұрын

Here 3 minutes after. Never been this early

@uusseerrnnaammee2914 4 жыл бұрын

@Gacha Unicorn not everything is a competition

@Passionforfoodrecipes 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like we're... on a ROLL!

@neb1745 4 жыл бұрын

What’s your secret, how’re you everywhere, Chef Passion.

@icantthinkofaname15 4 жыл бұрын

@@neb1745 lol

@kemellymendes5033 4 жыл бұрын

Biju i love itt is really, it was eaten like 600 year ago before europeans comes to Brazil

@amber._.russell5240 4 жыл бұрын

So good

@jackwhitty4938 4 жыл бұрын

Food Insider can you do a video of eating at Casa Bonita and Heart Attack Grill as well as Dave and Busters and Vortex Bar and Grill in Colorado, Oklahoma, Dallas, Las Vegas and Dallas.

@brawlteo1066 3 жыл бұрын

Eu esperando alguém brasileiro os comentários: 🤡

@santodeportes5946 4 жыл бұрын

Dominicans eat this for breakfast but it comes dry. It is called Casave...been in NYC since the 60's.

@alex34134123 3 ай бұрын

That's cool. Here in Brazil the portuguese got it from the indigenous people once it was a recibe created by them. It has been eating popularly since the XVI century, but the drier and crunchier version we call Beiju.

@DeSoRez 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@katelynhuynh7213 4 жыл бұрын

the last time i was this early sana was cooking vietnamese spring rolls on stage

@RicardoPM777 2 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@juliuscaesar5397 4 жыл бұрын

Visit Omaha, Nebraska. It has the most restaurants per capita in America.

@dadcelo 10 ай бұрын

They're soooo yummy

@anisahbegum721 4 жыл бұрын

I clicked fast cuz of the thumbnail 🙊

@user-us6ce7me8k 4 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@milkgalactic 3 жыл бұрын

If you mix 2 spoons of tapioca with 1 or 2 eggs you have something called crepioca (crepe+tapioca) which I eat everyday.

@BigboiiTone 2 жыл бұрын

So the tapioca just melts down in the pan? He poured the flour in, then added the toppings and suddenly it was a beautiful crepe. No batter, no mixing or anything. Was that part edited out, or does the tapioca just melt into a layer? This is blowing my mind right now.

@RicardoPM777 2 ай бұрын

Tapioca é demais

@catlovers6441 2 жыл бұрын

Can someone teach me how to make this

@paidobenamorim1685 2 жыл бұрын

🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣🟤⚫⚪A VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION: TAPIOCA IS A GASTRONOMIC SPECIALITY FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM N-O-R-T-H (the marjority concentration of indigenous population) AND NORTHEST (as well) OF BRAZIL. IT WAS ADDED TO THE DAILY GASTRONOMIC OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MAIN CITIES OF NORTH (and northest) OF BRAZIL AS WEEL. THE TAPIOCA IS VERY FAMOUS AND POPULAR FOOD IN NORTH (MARJORITY), IN NORTHEST AND OTHERS REGIONS OF BRAZIL TOO. THANK YOU GUYS. LOV THIS VIDEO.

@nfainie 4 жыл бұрын

I see Jo has so much self confident 💕

@jofranco 4 жыл бұрын

Nurul Fitriya Ainie thank you boo!

@WithSeoyeon 4 жыл бұрын

와 이건 한국의 떡 같네요 일명 떡 크레페??? The crepes are as chewy as pie.👍🏻

@manishgurung9621 4 жыл бұрын

I just wanna say wow dame xa dame namaste like from nepal

@gamesandsports240 4 жыл бұрын

Hey will you come to visit Bangladesh

@munizgellukig8144 4 жыл бұрын

a palavra Ee obrigado.

@artyzara1799 4 жыл бұрын

I really like Medha, and she's so underrated

@Poonamsmartkitchen 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@3mar00ss6 4 жыл бұрын

*BIJUU DAMAAA!*

@nickviana696 3 жыл бұрын

he said "cheesebread" instead of "pão de queijo"

@EsteffersonTorres 3 жыл бұрын

Just a few notes about beijú and tapioca. In some regions of Brazil, especially in the Northeast region, tapioca crepes are called simply "tapioca", not beijú. The word "beijú" in these places refers to another cassava product, something like a hard cassava flatbread, unlike the tapioca crepes, which are flexible. Another thing, what you guys call tapioca is cassava starch, which is a very fine and white powder. It's obtained from a liquid that's drained from peeled and shredded cassava root. That liquid is full of starch and goes to a container, so the starch will sink to the bottom. At this point the water can be drained and the white starch that remains is the cassava starch, called "goma", "fécula de mandioca", "polvilho", among other names in portuguese. Tapioca crepes, also called tapioca or beijú (as they are called in the video) are mode from cassava starch. But the beijú I mentioned earlier, which is a hard flatbread, is made mostly from cassava flour, which is grainy and kinda sorta reming you of bread crumbs. That shredded cassava, after drained from most of the liquid, is cooked on big pans until it's completely free of moisture. That's the cassava flour or "farinha de mandioca" in portuguese, which we use to make this hard beijú flatbreads, but also "farofa", a staple side dish in our region. You have no idea how many foods can be made out of cassava starch and cassava flour.

@fonsecalima1022 2 жыл бұрын

Esqueceu de falar de qual estado é a tapioca

@fabriciolima071 2 жыл бұрын

I' really don't know your experience about Brazilian Northeast but, here in Salvador and across all Bahia state, "Beiju" allways been "Beiju". 'Tapioca' is the ingredient. If u ask a grandmother from northeast for 'tapioca' she'll ask "what for?" cuz you can make a big amount of different recipes with tapioca despite the youngsters're forgetting this after 2000's boom of "tapiocarias" in the major cities So... Deixe de onda, na moral.

@EsteffersonTorres 2 жыл бұрын

@@fabriciolima071I'm from Fortaleza and during my 39 years of experience the Ingredient has always been called "goma". The cooked food is "tapioca". Maybe in Bahia is different, but here in Fortaleza that's how we call it.

@fabriciolima071 2 жыл бұрын

@@EsteffersonTorres So, maybe we shouldn't be talking about "Northeast Region" as whole..

@EsteffersonTorres 2 жыл бұрын

@@fabriciolima071 Okay, then. I will remember that in the future.

@dikkorulz2391 4 жыл бұрын

isnt barbequed meat a more brazilian dish

@angelicajelly7276 4 жыл бұрын

Brazil is huge, so many things can be found there as traditional

@camillegiraud6708 4 жыл бұрын

@susanehills 4 жыл бұрын

the taste like rubber crepe....the filling inside is good.

@NissiASMR 4 жыл бұрын

i only had pancakes...😔

@alecxm6506 4 жыл бұрын

4:11 her nails tho

@imanfaiz1784 4 жыл бұрын

I was disappointed

@FingeringThings 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard this helium narrator before

@hellolili 3 жыл бұрын

thats actually not a crepe, its how you normally eat tapioca (we usually dont put sweet stuff inside its normally butter, eggs or cheese) theres something called crepioca(crepe+tapioca) which is tapioca powder mixed with beaten eggs or milk

@alex34134123 3 ай бұрын

I think they didn't know which world would be better to describe it once Tapioca is the cassava starch so the product that becomes the "pan tapioca" would be something inbetween a crepe or a flatbread, maybe the look is closer to a crepe than a flat bread. We just call it Tapioca.

@shahnashafi711 4 жыл бұрын

i want a job in food insider😍😘😘😘😘

@fonsecalima1022 2 жыл бұрын

Tapioca is a traditional food from Pernambuco Brazil

@oal5899 4 жыл бұрын

4:10

@00kidney 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, gosh 🤤. Stop it🤤🤤🤤

@Jessica-gi6vi 4 жыл бұрын

Hungry😀

@WithSeoyeon 4 жыл бұрын

Jessica Jamir 저도 먹고 싶네요 agree

@murilocesarneto5157 3 жыл бұрын

Uma tapioquinha agora ein... Só o aço!

@sakuramune_ 4 жыл бұрын

What does tapioca taste like?

@sarinha2102 4 жыл бұрын

it's kinda blend like bread, with a gum like texture

@sakuramune_ 4 жыл бұрын

sara smiles oh

@CalvoGustavoXY 3 жыл бұрын

Crepioca is like tapioca but the dough is more salty

@alex34134123 3 ай бұрын

And has eggs added to it

@luis9308 4 жыл бұрын

It's no tapioca crepe, tapioca or another. The original name is "beiju", that name came from "tupi guarani", a group of indian language speaked on northeastern region of Brazil.

@nicgarcia6904 4 жыл бұрын

Whenever medha is the reporter and trying the food featured, most of the time you can feel that she really doesn't enjoy tasting the dish and just pretending coz shr have to do it

@jasonfanclub4267 4 жыл бұрын

Haha same thought

@gabbyc9532 4 жыл бұрын

@ABC28797 4 жыл бұрын

Aii tapioca com linguiça queijo cebola nossa

@silvermanstacey9607 4 жыл бұрын

It looked like the tapioca would have tasted better with a sprinkling of salt in the pan.

@munizgellukig8144 4 жыл бұрын

fialy a good br vido.

@voo211 4 жыл бұрын

Kayak kue rangi...

@giovannaeler4479 3 жыл бұрын

que delicia de vídeo!

@rafidulhossain3171 4 жыл бұрын

persuasive huh?

@ro.meneghetti1273 4 жыл бұрын

algum brasileiro ?

@ABC28797 4 жыл бұрын

Angolano cara😂

@fabiogaldinogeol1065 2 жыл бұрын

Não

@himeshreshamiya7830 4 жыл бұрын

Sopa de Macao is Brazil’s national dish 😍

@Sasuki171 4 жыл бұрын

esas crepes parecen casabe finito Bv

@nurhalimahnurhalimah6244 4 жыл бұрын

Kue rangiiiiiiiii

@evolution44N 4 жыл бұрын

wtf is a travel creator ?

@instasingingvids3529 4 жыл бұрын

Alak she is a KZfaqr on the channel Damon and jo they do travel vlogs and speak other languages and teach them

@evolution44N 4 жыл бұрын

Señor Loco I wish they weren’t vague when they introduced her.

@jofranco 4 жыл бұрын

Me haha!

@marilamar9899 4 жыл бұрын

Jo seemed liked the host in this episode, the original host just gives off a fake bubbly vibe and just overall fakeness. I clicked for Jo and the food though💕