FRENCH FRIES 2.0 | MANDIOCA FRITA

Hi steemians!

If you like french fries, I'll take you guys to the next level!
I didn't know Cassava wasn't really famous in Germany, but when I prepared it for my German family, everybody got crazy about it.

Today I'll share with you a really good recipe of a typical Brazilian dish!

Fried Cassava, or Mandioca frita is a really simple and popular food in Brazil. For those who don't know, cassava is a woody shrub, native to South America. It is also the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics, after rice and corn.
This is a perfect snack but can also be served as a side dish. It is really easy to prepare and you just need a few ingredients to make this delicious Brazilian food!

In Brazil, we usually find Cassava in every supermarket and it's always with the peal, but in Germany I found it in an Asian market, peeled and in a cooler.

This is how you gonna find Cassava here

So this is how I prepared it!

First of all, I took 500g of peeled cassavas, and cut it in smaller peaces, as you see in the pictures. Then I placed the cassavas in a pan full of water and a little bit of salt.
I turned it in on medium heat until it boiled. I let it cook for 30 minutes, or until the cassavas get soft (it's like boiling potatoes).
Once they were done I took them out of the pan and dried them on a kitchen paper.
Then I heated some oil in a frying pan, enough to cover the cassavas.
The next step was just fry them until the cassavas got golden and crispy like this:

I hope you guys will like this really simple recipe.
So next time you'll have guests at your house, or maybe when your crush comes to visit you and you don't know what to prepare, you definitely should try this one! haha
This snack is even better, if it is served with a cold and refreshing German beer!

Prost!

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Oi Steemians!

Hoje vou compartilhar uma coisa que até pouco tempo eu não sabia que era possível achar na Alemanha!

A sua, a minha, a nossa querida mandioca (macaxeira ou aipim)! hahah

Eu nunca achei onde eu moro um lugar que venda só frutas e legumes, como o nosso sacolão, ou hortifruti no Brasil. Por isso nunca pensei que fosse achar mandioca( como a gente chama em Minas Gerais) por aqui. Principalmente porque toda vez que eu perguntava a alguém sobre mandioca, ninguém nunca tinha ouvido falar.
Mas há alguns dias, eu descobri que vendem mandioca nos mercados asiáticos! Mas aqui ela é chamada Cassava. Vem em um pacotinho, descascada e fica junto dos produtos resfriados no mercado. Custa cerca de 3 Euros, 500 gr.
No começo não achei que o gosto seria o mesmo, mas tem exatamente o mesmo gosto da que encontramos no Brasil.
Eu só tive que cortar, deixar cozinhando por uns 30 min e depois foi só fritar. Uma delícia!
A minha família da Alemanha adorou! Alguns disseram que agora acham mandioca mais gostosa do que batata. haha

Então essa é a minha dica pra você que está fora do Brasil e quer preparar alguma comida típica que com certeza os gringos vão adorar!

Prost!