I don't care much for pearl tapioca and buying the granular kind in those little boxes is pretty expensive, so when I found the latter in a two-pound bag at an Indian store (definitely cheaper per pound), I thought I had it made.

Trouble is, when I followed the Joy of Cooking recipe, while I cooked it for maybe 30 minutes, it just didn't thicken and congeal the way I'm used to.

Got any ideas?

I'm pretty sure this is the recipe I used:

https://books.google.com/books?id=C4...ing%22&f=false

3 Tbs. tapioca
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
1 or 2 beaten eggs (I only used one - maybe I should have used two?)
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla

You use a double boiler. The total time was supposed to be 12 minutes - but that was for quick-cooking tapioca, which, I assume, was not what I had. Again, I cooked it for maybe 30 minutes.


Lenona.