The cassava roots are consumed cooked, fritted or integrating more complex foods. This work had a purpose to evaluate the cooking time and some characteristics associated to the process in 26 varieties of cassava. The parameters analyzed were color of the skin without external pellicle, color of the pulp, difficulty of peeling, difficulty of cutting, percentage of water absorbed/losted in relation to the weight of the peaces during the cooking process, color of the cooked peaces, formations of white punctuations inside the peaces, gel formation in turn of the peaces and cooking time observed to delay 13 toothpicks. The best varieties selected for use were SRT-1105 (Mico), Mantiqueira, Milagrosa RG, IAC 522-30, IAC 576-70. The IAC 576-70 showed the best results in test of cooking time.
cassava; root; technology; cooking; Manhiot esculenta
