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Seeking tips for homemade soymilk/tofu?

Asked by timothykinney (2743points) October 27th, 2009

I am interested in making tofu from dried soybeans at home. I don’t have a tofu pressing box, so will probably just use cheesecloth in a colander. I have not chosen a coagulant yet.

My current plan is to:
1) Soak soybeans for 10 hours.
2) Blend soybeans in blender with water until smooth.
3) Cook soybean paste with water in stock pot.
4) Load paste into a cheesecloth “pressing sack” in a colander; press, reserving liquid pressed as soymilk.
5) Add coagulant to soymilk, stir very little, and wait for 20 minutes to form curdles.
6) Ladel curdles into new pressing sack and press lightly to form tofu.

Any suggestions, comments, or tips for this process are much appreciated. Have you done this before?

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