Tapioca pudding is a nostalgic dessert known for its ... Cassava is also known as yuca or manioc, depending on where it's grown. To make tapioca, the starch is extracted from cassava roots ...

Originating from South America, yuca is similar to the potato and is also grown in Asia and Africa. Tapioca pudding originated in 18th-century Brazil as "pudim de tapioca," made with coconut milk.