Fried ubi kayu, masak lemak pucuk ubi and kuih bingka ubi kayu are but a few dishes that we as a nation, love to 'chow' down on. Many also claim that growing tapioca helped stave off famine during World War 2 as well as during the Emergency. Is it true that tapioca, aka ubi kayu, is actually poisonous? Verdict:TRUEYes, raw ubi kayu is a poisonous plant and depending on which type you are talking about, the scale goes from rather poisonous to extremely "call your undertaker" poisonous. Broadly speaking, there are two types of tapioca, sweet and bitter, with the bitter one being roughly eight times more toxic.

Source: The Star August 17, 2023 21:29 UTC