13/06/2026
Cassava grew in my motherโs garden so well that I do miss not having the right climate to grow it in Adelaide ๐ In Malaysia we call Cassava โUbi Kayuโ literally means wood potato! ๐ฅ My mum would make savoury and sweet dishes with it. To pull it out of the ground was quite tricky because unlike our usual potatoes that grow in shallow depth but this ubiโs natural shape is long and grows quite deep in the soil. It wasnโt as simple to pull it out of the ground it required a lot of muscle power as well as digging to get to the roots. I remember in my childhood that even after pulling out the whole long roots of this Ubi there were still more digging left to get to the remainder that was either broken during digging and the side shoots that produced more bulbs ๐ To make the cake the Ubi has to be grated then flavoured, in this instance brown sugar and some white sugar and coconut milk with fresh coconut ๐ฅฅ flesh (grated) then boiled or steamed as in my childhood but also nowadays we baked it ๐ My comfort food and my favourite flavours of my childhood if not this then the alternative would be Sago pearls or anything thatโs made of Tapioca flour also a product of Cassava aka Ubi Kayu as well as known for cooking with love โค๏ธ
