Bolitas de Yuca con Melado

Sweet Yuca Balls

Preparation info
  • 3

    dozen ½ inch balls
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Secrets of Colombian Cooking

By Patricia McCausland-Gallo

Published 2004

  • About

These yuca balls melt in your mouth, with the woodsy sweetness of the panela* and cinnamon! They are my brother Ed’s favorite dish, and one my mother always makes for him when he flies home!

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds peeled yuca*, fresh or frozen
  • teaspoons salt

Method

  1. Cut the yuca lengthwise into 1-inch pieces. They will be half-moon-shaped chunks, since yuca is a cylindrical vegetable and is usually cut in long, half-cylinders. Remove the center stem.
  2. In a small stockpot place the yuca and 3 teaspoons of salt, and cover completel