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Dried tofu - does it have another name, and where can I get it in the UK?

A local Asian supermarket used to sell this stuff that the proprietor referred to as dried tofu. In came vacuum packed, and seemed to be dehydrated tofu that had been marinated in Chinese barbecue or chili sauce. It was soft, but slightly chewy, and…
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How does the speed of nigari addition to soy milk affect the resulting tofu?

When making tofu, nigari water (magnesium chloride) is added to soy milk to curdle it. In my personal experience, adding the nigari very slowly (over the course of tens of minutes) produces soft tofu with a larger volume. Adding the nigari fast…
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What is the name and preparation style of this type of tofu?

I am looking for the name of and the preparation style of a type of "shredded tofu" found in Vietnamese vegetarian style garden/spring rolls. This is the style of roll I am talking about. Shredded tofu vegetarian garden/ spring roll This tofu has a…
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How can I make my icecream soft as it is too hard to carve straight from the fridge?

I have made my recipe with many changes and the most successful effort was the addition of a Instant Pudding mix. All others were much too hard to carve and serious effort was needed to just get the spoon or scoop into the frozen delight help…
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Undercooking tofu causes a bad stomach. Is this true?

My girlfriend, who is Japanese and has thus eaten and cooked a lot more tofu than I have, says that tofu should either be eaten "raw" or well cooked. To be half and half will cause a bad stomach. She last said this to me when I said I only added…
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Shan Tofu not jelly-like but rather crumbly

I tried making Shan tofu. Unfortunately, my version does not have the slight jelly-like consistency and texture that Shan tofu in Myanmar had. It is firm, but a bit on the crumbly side. This was my 3rd attempt, but it finally came up respectable.…
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What is used in the production of dubu (Korean tofu)?

Tofu, in Korea, is known as 'dubu'. This product is very similar to (possibly exactly the same as) the Japanese counterpart. What is used in the process of making authentic dubu? A quick internet search has failed to give me any results for making…
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Tofu - Cooking technique for firm/chewy edges?

This may be a very basic question and I've just somehow not been doing it properly. When I get tofu in the prepared foods department or the Chinese buffet, it's prepared in cubes that seem to have been marinated and then cooked in some way that…
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Homemade Tofu Firmness

So I am really getting into eating Tofu, and I want to get into making my own (since organic soybeans are alot cheaper then organic tofu). My question is, whenever I buy Tofu I always by the firmest possible so it has the best protein to fat ratio. …
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Is tofu considered a processed food?

One might not think of tofu as a processed food, but it seems to follow the definition found here: Food processing is any deliberate change in a food that occurs before it's available for us to eat. Is tofu considered a processed food? If so, in…
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Tofu substitute in no bake chocolate cake

I recently tried a no bake chocolate cake which used tofu to give it its consistency. It would have been great if it didn't have that slight tofu taste. What could I uses as a substitute for the tofu to avoid the tofu taste but keep the consistency…
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How does boiling impact the texture of tofu?

For years, we've been making pasta sauce that incorporates extra firm tofu. To prepare the tofu for crumbling we follow this procedure: cut tofu into pieces cover with water bring to boil drain mash with potato masher squeeze out water by wrapping…
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Why is my fresh tofu fa (douhua) sour?

I made some fresh tofu fa following this recipe: http://ieatishootipost.sg/how-to-make-tau-huay-tofu-fa-almost-everything-you-need-to-know/ When I eat the tofu (about half an hour after pouring, so it just set), the tofu is sour, especially at the…
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Soymilk for drinking vs. soymilk for tofu making

Many recipes for tofu start from soymilk, many others start from scratch, but most of either kind share a whole variety of approaches, i.e. the order of the soaking, boiling and blending operations, the duration of the soak, the length of the milk…
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Why is the nutritional composition of tofu different from soybeans?

The fat:carbs:protein ratios in soybeans is about 25%:35%:40%. In tofu (which is made from soybeans) these ratios change to roughly 35%:10%:55%, so it becomes a low carb food. Where did all the carbs go?
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