Recipes & Cooking : Soybean
Tofu skin (腐皮), bean curd sheet, or yuba is the skin that forms at the top of fresh soy milk. Chinese invented soy milk, and from soy milk, various types of tofu—silken, soft, firm, tofu pudding (doufu hua) and tofu skin—are created. It’s amazing just how versatile the mixture of soy beans plus water is. Tofu and tofu-related products provide…
After I published the “How to Make Soy Milk” post, many readers asked me to share the Chinese sweet tofu pudding or doufu hua (豆腐花) recipe. I will be honest, I have never made doufu hua before, as I always think of it as something very hard to do, tedious and mostly fail-prone. Oh boy, was I wrong? Now that…
Soy milk has been gaining popularity in the United States due to its many health benefits. Nowadays, you can get soy milk at any regular grocery stores or Asian food stores. However, mass-produced soy milk are mostly made with non-organic and GMO (genetically modified) soybeans, and preservatives are added. As more and more people are turning away from GMO ingredients and…