Tofu at home

Low-calorie tofu bean curd is a popular ingredient Asian food. Mild, neutral taste of this product allows you to add it to both non-sweet and dessert dishes. Tofu is famous for its high protein and iron content and is quite amenable to cooking at home.

The author of the recipe is Min Tsai – a professional chef, restaurateur, host and producer of cooking shows

Time: 8 час. Difficulty: Easy Quantity: 1 pc The recipes use volumetric containers with a volume of: 1 glass (st.) – 240 ml. 3/4 cup (st.) – 180 ml. 1/2 cup (Art.) – 120 ml. 1/3 cup (st.) – 80 ml. 1/4 cup (st.) – 60 ml 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) – 15 ml. 1 teaspoon (tsp) – 5 ml

Ingredients for the recipe:

Homemade Tofu

• 1900 ml. soy milk, see recipe below
• 4 tsp magnesium chloride

Soy milk

• 450 gr raw soybeans, washed and soaked in water for 8 hours (water must be changed every few hours)
• Special equipment: 1.9 sanded board cm

Recipes with similar ingredients: soy milk, tofu

Recipe preparation:

1. Homemade Tofu

   Tofu mold: Make a polished wooden frame boards 1.9 cm thick. The frame may have the shape of a square with sides 18×18 cm or rectangle 20×15 cm 5 cm high. Make a press (removable top) from the same board. The size of the press should be 1.3 cm smaller than the inner frame size. If the press is made of two or more boards, you can connect them together with crossbars. These the crossbars will serve as handles to remove the press from the frame after pressing tofu. The crossbars must be located on 2.5 cm from the edge of the removable top.

2. Tofu: Heat filtered soy milk to 82 ° C, stirring constantly, remove from heat. For thickening soy milk various coagulants can be used. Easiest to find in selling Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate), which you can buy at pharmacy, but according to experience, magnesium chloride is more effective. Before mix thickener with 1/4 in pre-warmed soy milk Art. water. Pour the mixture into hot soy milk in small portions. and watch. The process is similar to thickening the sauce with a solution corn starch. Milk will begin to curl. amount thickener varies with the choice of chemical substances, the amount of soybeans in milk and from the planned hardness of the final product. If you want soft tofu, coagulation of milk should be minimal; curdled milk with this can be easily mixed. If you plan to get solid tofu, the mixture should be more difficult to mix.
3. Place the mold in the sink so that it can be easily drain excess fluid. Cover the inside of the mold wet gauze, leaving loose edges on each side of the mold gauze to hang no less than 15 cm. Pour in curled soy milk into the mold, then wrap the loose edges of the gauze with an overlap. Place the press on top of the gauze. Place a container of water on top for pressure gain, remember that water weighs quite a lot. Weight need to be placed so that the pressure on the tofu is uniform.
4. For the preparation of soft tofu press weighing 2300 gr. will be more than enough – you can use a pot of water. The hardness of the final product also depends on the exposure time. For soft tofu will be enough 5 minutes of exposure under pressure.
5. To get harder tofu, you need a press harder and longer. When tofu reaches the desired consistency, remove it from the mold with gauze and unfold. Tofu can be cut into pieces and stored immersed in water up to 1 weeks. You can also freeze tofu.

6. Soy milk

   Using a blender, prepare soy milk in batches of 1 tbsp. soaked soybeans for 3 tbsp. water. Each batch should process in a blender for at least 3 minutes Pour raw soy milk into a large saucepan and bring to a slow boil. Cook 10 min. Put a clean kitchen towel in a colander and place colander into a large pot or bowl. Strain the hot soy milk through a towel. A small amount of milk drains under by gravity, the rest must be overcome. It follows done when the milk has cooled. To do this, roll a towel like a bag. Twist the edges of the towel together. With a spoon scrape the outer surface of the bag to allow fluid to escape. Make sure the leftover beans remain inside. Continue the process until the towel is almost empty.