Taa-pae

Name (Thai)

ตาแป

Name (English)

Fermented cassava cake

Local name

Taa-pae

Product

Other

Ingredients

Cassava root: Manihot esculenta Crantz (Man-sam-palang). Look-paeng (mould and yeast ball).

Fermentation

3 days.

Storage life

4-6 days.

Microorganisms

該当なし

Not available

Properties

Semi-solid white pieces of cassava in juice, with a sweet taste and slightly alcoholic. If over fermented it becomes sour.

Method

Similar to that of Khao-maak. Wash, peel and cut the cassava into 4-5 cm long pieces. Cook in boiling water until soft, cool and drain. Grind Look-paeng to a powder (0.2-0.3% by wt.) and sprinkle over the cassava, mix well and wrap small portions in clean banana leaves. Leave at room temperature for 2-3 days to ferment, or until juicy.

Production

In home industry in the south. It is not a well-known product.

Consumption

Eat as a dessert.