Deep fried tofu with ginger, spring onion and soy sauce dip
Made with my home-made tofu. Quick, simple (especially if you start with store-bought tofu) and delicious! Also, please check out my DIY tofu frame!
Month: January 2015
Home made tofu
Ingredients Soya beans soaked with 4 times their dry weight in unchlorinated water (bear in mind that 1l of water weighs 1kg) 2 times the dry weight of the beans in unchlorinated water, to boil them in 15% the dry weight of the beans in lemon juice For example: 500g Soya beans soaked in 2l …
Tofu Frame
Tofu frames / presses aren’t essential for making tofu, but they make squeezing the water out of the soya curds easier and you end up with a nicely shaped block of tofu. It’s very important to use wood that hasn’t been treated with any chemicals, and to wash it before using it for the first …
Root Beer – 2nd experiment
This is my second try at root beer. My first attempt a year ago didn’t go well, because I used powdered sassafras root, which dominated the flavour and was impossible to remove once the brew was finished – the whole beer had tiny suspended particles of sassafras root in. The other problem with that attempt …
Pickled Jerusalem Artichokes
Jerusalem Artichokes grow so well, but are so hard to digest due to the inulin they contain! I’ve been searching for ways to make them easier on the stomach for ages and I had a hunch that fermentation might be the answer. After all, the problem is caused by bacteria inside the body digesting the …