Kuih Bingka again

I made Kuih Bingka again for a tea party. This time, still using the same recipe but remembering the lessons learnt from the first attempt.
http://applechoc1.blogspot.sg/2017/09/kuih-bingka.html

Kuih bingka in a 23cm baking tray

Tapioca from supermarket. Bad choices for the two smaller pieces - had to cut away a lot.

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After 1h 20m.

I need better skills to choose good, young tapioca from the supermarket. I had quite a bit of blackened bits in the two smaller and 'older' tapioca pieces. I had bought about 1.25 kg of tapioca.

After cleaning and cutting up the tapioca, I grated it using the food processor's grater. Then, removed the tapioca water by squeezing the liquid from grated tapioca, waited for the starch to settle to the bottom, then poured away the tapioca liquid. The starch was added back to the grated tapioca.

I ended up with about 750g of grated, 'squeezed' tapioca. So, the adjusted measurements:
- 210g of sugar
- slightly less than 2 eggs (beat up 2 eggs and left a bit in the bowl)
- 300g of coconut cream
- 100ml of water

The texture is more moist than the first attempt. Even on the 2nd day, after refrigeration.

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