Tofu

[katynewbie]

 :-\

Has anyone ever had success in making it taste of anything? That's it really.

;)

[katynewbie]

[emmy1978]

Yes. I have successfully made it taste of plywood, and once I had it at a restaurant when my crazy 7 year old ordered it. Then it tasted of fishy car tyre.  ;D

[Jeannine]

Once in my 'back to the earth era '( 30 years ago)I tried making it from scratch,me doing the cooking, John doing the Fanny Cradock helper thing. I seem to remember it took all day,  boiling  dry soya beans is not a 2 minute job.I think we used every pot in the house and it tasted of......something damp..that's was it

I do occasionally buy it,chuck it in stir fry, when the back to the earth thing comes again.

XX Jeannine

PS I am sure there are lots of recipes on the net for when you get the urge to wear cheesecloth and eat nettle soup.

[carolinej]

I have a recipe for making vegan omlette with it. My son reckons it tastes lovely, but I havent tried it.

cj :)

[Biscombe]

I make tofu satay kebabs, here goes


Marinade the tofu for a few hours in light soja sauce, garlic, garlic, honey and corriander

BBQ or shallow fry the tofu

drain off the soja mix put in a pan with some peanut butter and creamed coconut

serve the tofu kebabs and smother in the satay sauce

YUM YUM

[carolinej]

Now that sounds quite nice! If I substitute the honey with maple syrup, my son will be able to eat it. Thanks Biscombe. I'm always on the lookout for new recipes.

cj :)

[katynewbie]

 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Hmmm, food for thought folks! Thanks.

emmy...just what I suspected, but as I am going through a "knitting my own yoghurt" phase, I thought I would give it a try!

;)

[emmy1978]

;D ;D ;D ;D

emmy...just what I suspected, but as I am going through a "knitting my own yoghurt" phase, I thought I would give it a try!

;)

You could knit your own tofu and it would probably taste the same! Seriously though, my friend eats it and reckons it's lovely, so i'm sure once you've got the knack you make make it yum as biscombe says!  ;D

[Biscombe]

The only problem when I cook it ends up being fattening! (creamed coconut and peanut butter!) defeats the object!!  ;)

[Old Central]

What you haven't tried ma po tofu? See following link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_doufu

OK so the bean curd is still bean curd but mixed up with the chilli and mince it is a definite favourite of mine.

[carrot-cruncher]

I have a rather large cookbook dedicated to tofu recipes including the most delicious ( and low calorie) cheesecake. 

My dad is on (supposedly) a low fat diet due to several heart attacks so I use quite a lot of tofu.   Also, I am a veggie & one of my mum's friends has to have a virtually fat free diet as she can't digest fat so considers my tofu cookbook a godsend.

On it's tofu is boring and bland but with just a little effort can be turned into some fantastic recipes.   My first tofu cookbook came from my local library and was a real eye opener.   Don't despair, there is a lot of help out there regarding how to make tofut a lot more interesting.   One other thing I've found is that rather than use the cauldron variety which is common to most supermarkets, Sainsbury's do a second version called silken tofu which is much more versatile.

CC

[Biscombe]

Soked tofu is also great!

[carolinej]

Hi Biscombe,

soaked in what?

cj :)

[mc55]

yeuch - I'm vegetarian and can't stand the stuff - it's the texture that gets to me (as well as the lack of taste)

[Biscombe]

whoops! smoked

[carolinej]

whoops! smoked

Ah, that explains it ;D

cj :)

[Jeannine]

mc55, I find there are so many types and the textures are all different,? XX Jeannine

[Biscombe]

Smoked Tofu sliced thin, marinade in Thai Chilli sauce (the only preserve I can make sucessfully!) them fry up in garlic and olive oil yumyum!