Chapter 154: Homemade Tofu
In an empty firewood house. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Ye Xiaochen was holding the handle of the stone mill in one hand, pushing it slowly and vigorously, and holding a small tea bowl in the other hand, from time to time put beans soaked in water overnight into the small hole in the middle of the mill.
The beans are common soybeans harvested on the farm.
More than a month ago, the beans were ripe for harvest.
Originally, according to the normal time, it would be more than two months before it could be harvested.
It's just that because of Ye Xiaochen's Shennong talent, the beans matured ahead of schedule.
Now Ye Xiaochen is grinding beans and preparing to make tofu.
Originally, there is now a soymilk machine that specializes in crushing beans, but Ye Xiaochen believes that the soymilk made by machinery is not as good as that ground by stone mill.
It just so happened that Ye Xiaochen's family had such a stone mill, and he hadn't used it for a long time.
He took it out, washed it, and ground the soy milk by hand.
Among these beans, Ye Xiaochen also put more than a dozen fairy beans (yellow) and fairy beans (red).
He pondered that after putting the fairy beans, it would definitely make the tofu more delicious.
Not to mention, when the fairy beans are ground and integrated into the soy milk, the faint bean fragrance exudes, which is extremely attractive.
When the last bowl of beans is poured into the stone mill, it is gradually ground into a bean liquid, which flows out of the cracks in the stone mill and falls into the stainless steel basin below.
The bean liquid in the stainless steel water basin is not pure white, with a faint yellowish-red color, which is the color of fairy beans (yellow) and fairy beans (red).
He had eaten fairy beans (red) before, and the taste was completely different from that of fairy beans (yellow).
The most peculiar thing is that after eating a fairy bean (red), the whole body became hot, and then there was a sweat, and the sweat was black, and the impurities in the body were eliminated.
It is clear that fairy beans (red) have a detoxifying effect.
As for the effect of fairy beans (yellow) is much more peaceful, it should be subtly improved physique.
At least Ye Xiaochen felt that his body had been significantly strengthened after eating some fairy beans (yellow).
After grinding the beans, Ye Xiaochen moved the rotating disc of the stone mill away, rinsed the remaining bean liquid on the movable disc with water, and then took out the stainless steel basin below.
A pot full of bean liquid.
The faint scent of beans exudes and smells extremely good.
The next step is to filter out the okara in the bean liquid, leaving only pure soy milk.
Mom took a white cloth bag, which was specially used to filter the bean liquid.
Ye Xiaochen directly took the basin of water and poured the bean liquid into the cloth bag, and suddenly, the bean liquid was left out of the cloth bag.
By the time all the beans had been poured, the bag was already full of a large bag.
Mom began to tie the bag tightly, then put it on a wooden stool specially used for squeezing, and began to knead the bag vigorously, and suddenly the bean liquid was squeezed out of the cloth bag.
After squeezing for more than ten minutes, when there was no more bean liquid flowing out, all that was left in the bag was okara.
This okara is also edible.
What's more, there are fairy beans (red) and fairy beans (yellow) in it, which can't be discarded.
In addition, okara can also be used to make okara cakes.
The next step is to boil soy milk.
Put the soy milk in an iron pot, put it on the wood stove, and boil it over a high fire.
Bring the soy milk to a boil until it boils, then simmer for a few minutes to remove the foam from the top.
If the soy milk is cooled slowly at this time, you can get pieces of bean skin.
At this time, my mother had already used a piece of gypsum to grind the saturated gypsum water after sinking in a clay jar.
Gypsum water is brine, which is specially used to make tofu.
When the brine is mixed with soy milk, a chemical reaction will occur and it will become tofu brain.
After grinding the brine, my mother brought three vegetable bowls from the house and scooped the soy milk out of the iron pot with a spoon.
Then, Ye Xiaochen and his mother lifted the iron pot from the wood stove, poured the hot soybean milk inside into the clay jar with brine, and stirred it thoroughly.
Soon, Bai Huahua's tofu brain slowly emerged.
My mother brought a wooden container for making tofu, first put gauze at the bottom of the container, and began to scoop the tofu brains into the container one by one with a spoon, and after filling it, then put the lid on, and then press a heavy object on the lid.
After a few hours, the tender tofu is formed.
The tofu brain just filled the wooden container.
There is only a big bowl of tofu brain left in the clay jar, which can be used to cook at noon.
Ye Xiaochen picked up a bowl of soy milk from the table and took a sip, it was really fragrant, although there was no sugar, it tasted sweet.
"Chenzi, you don't put sugar?"
Mom asked as she took out a container of white sugar.
"Mom, don't put sugar, it's more delicious, really, you can try it in one sip."
Ye Xiaochen hurriedly said.
"What's so good about not putting sugar."
Mom didn't believe it.
"Really, you take a sip and try it."
Ye Xiaochen hurriedly said.
Mom tried it, and suddenly her eyes showed a look of surprise, it was really delicious, without the sweetness of sugar, but the special sweetness of the beans was revealed.
And there is an incomparably mellow bean aroma, which is endlessly evocative.
After drinking a bowl, my mother actually had a feeling of unfinished business.
"It's so delicious, I would have saved two more bowls if I knew it earlier."
Mom couldn't help but say.
"Isn't there a tofu brain?"
Ye Xiaochen also finished drinking a bowl of soy milk, and then put the target on the bowl of tofu brain.
He scooped a spoonful with his spoon and ate it.
It's really good, the tofu brain is very tender, it's simply delicious!
"Don't eat it all, save a little for your dad."
My mother also ate a tofu brain, but in the end, she endured it and left the last tofu brain to my father.
"Got it."
Ye Xiaochen couldn't help but set his eyes on the tofu container, wondering what the shaped tofu tasted like?
A thought suddenly flashed in his heart, if he made a soy product from the farm beans with immortal beans and put it in the Xianquan restaurant to buy, I am afraid it would be a fist product comparable to sauerkraut.
It's a pity that fairy beans are too precious and the quantity is limited, so they can't be wasted like this.
You can eat it with your family, but as for selling it in a restaurant, forget it.
Ye Xiaochen walked out of the house and came to the outside of the house next to him.
The outside is piled with red bricks and other building materials.
The foundation has been laid, and red bricks about a foot high have been laid.
Dad is using a water hose to maintain the foundation.
In a few days, the construction team will come and officially start the construction.
"Dad, I'll pour it, you come back and drink soy milk."
Ye Xiaochen walked over and said.
"It's okay, it's done soon."
Dad said.
Ye Xiaochen was about to speak, when suddenly his mobile phone rang, he took it out and saw that it was Li Jiaren calling.
It turned out that there was going to be a regular meeting this afternoon, and Ye Xiaochen was notified to attend.
This regular meeting is mainly to summarize and adjust the company's operations last month.
In addition to the heads of the company's departments, the regular meeting is attended by shareholders of the company.
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(To be continued.) )