2.27kg Soak 3 tablespoon tapioca for 5 minutes with 1/3 cup sugar, 2 3/4 cup milk and 1 beaten egg. Bring to a boil, stirring. Remove from heat and stir in teaspoon vanilla. Tapioca is made from cassava or manioc, a tuber similar to the yam. The granules are actual grains of fine cassava starch which when heated swell in size