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chapatis, puris> malpoas, halua, puddings, and biscuits. 

 It does not make very first class chapatis, puris^ and 

 biscuits, but it makes excellent malpoas, and halua, and" 

 Cassava-pudding tastes nicer than tapioca-pudding. The 

 chapatis are very palatable, but they are a little too elastic, 

 though quite soft. For making dough, hot water should be 

 used: otherwise Cassava flour and wheat flour are used ex- 

 actly in the same way. In making halua out of Cassava flour 

 the syrup has to be made first over a fire, with sugar and 

 water. When the syrup is somewhat sticky, a proportionate 

 quantity of Cassava flour mixed up with water is put in. 

 The flour should be mixed up with the syrup by prompt stir- 

 ring. When the colour of the flour changes, a little ghee 

 and almonds and pistachio nuts are to be added and the 

 mixture kept stirred for another few minutes. The halua 

 thus made keeps long and it tastes very much like Muscat 

 halua. In making i oo tolas of halua 13 tolas of Cassava 

 Hour, mixed with 40 tolas of water should be used. The syrup 

 is made with 40 tolas of sugar and 20 tolas of water. Ten 

 tolas of ghee and an anna's worth of almonds and pistachio 

 nuts are used forgiving the halua a rich taste. It is a cheap 

 and delicious sweetmeat. Frozen with ice it is further 

 improved. In making biscuits, three-fourths Cassava-flour 

 and one-fourth wheat flour should be used. 



764. The Cassava roots could thus be variously used, and 

 the poorest and the most epicurean can make use of them 

 either in their fresh' state or manufactured into flour. The 

 well developed roots weigh 2 to 5 Ibs. each, and they 

 can be eaten either raw or cooked (i.e. either boiled, or 

 fried in chips or curried). As a drought-resisting crop, 

 as a heavy yrelder, as a nourishing food-stuff which is easily 

 manufactured, 'we do not know anything which comes up 

 : to Cassava. * 



"r ; ;^6r57- The roots, tasting quite nice when raw, are very 

 'fmrch liable to the attack of rats. Some arrangement must 



