What is bean curd?

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We are having chineese food tonight and I just wanted to know what exactly is bean curd?

Answers:
bean curd is also known as tofu. It is made from boiled, crushed soy beans to give a type of milk. A coagulant is added, much like the process of cheese making. Buy it as fresh as possible; keep any leftover tofu in refrigerator under water, which must be changed daily. BEEF: Used in several different cuts; usually the tender cuts such as fillet or rump are ideal for quick cooking. If the recipe requires the beef to be sliced finely, freeze the piece for at least 30 minutes before cutting
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Other Answers:
a mix of mexican and arabian :)

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Bean curd is when a bunch of people take their shoes off and stomp on beans in a pot (kinda like how they used to make wine). Watch out for the toe jam when eating that curd.. Bean curd, or tofu, is soy milk that has been precipitated with salts or acid. The curds (just like cheese curds) can be drained and pressed into a white cake with a bland flavor. The texture is like pudding or jello, and the taste takes on the flavor of the sauces it's cooked in. Tofu is mostly protein.

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Bean curd is tofu.

Tofu, sometimes also called doufu (often in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (literal translation), is a food made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk. Wheat gluten, or seitan, in its steamed and fried forms, is often mistakenly called “tofu” in Asian or vegetarian dishes.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu

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Bean curd or tofoo or tofu or doufoo

Big part of monk vegetarian diet, due to its protein content

Incredients: soybean extract and water

there are two version, hard and soft tofoo. the difference is that the soft tofoo has more water content and its usaually use in soup and steam dishes. where as the hard tofoo is usually use in stir fry and stewed dishes

It is flat in taste and derive its flavour from other incredients and flavourings.

How to make it?

soak bean curd overnight.
blend it with water until fine
use a muslin cloth to squeeze the milk from the pulps
boil the milk to frothing point (becareful it will overflow with froth suddenly)
Add nigari or sea salt to coagulate the milk
spread muslin cloth over a perforated container and empty the coagulated milk over it. fold over the muslin cloth and place a flat object over it to further press the liquid water out of the muslin cloth
it will take a couple of hours to hardened and settle the tofoo
after that remove the tofoo and cut in to pieces
leave in fridge submerged in water

stay fresh for a week

What to order in a chinese restaurant with tofoo

mopotofoo:
soft tofoo cubes simmered with spicy sauce with minced pork and dice vegetables. go well with rice

tofoo seafood claypot:
hard tofoo cubes with shitake mushroom and seafood medley in a thick soy sauce stewd gently in claypot

Steamed tofoo:
big slice of tofoo plain steamed and then topped with fried garlic, onion and shallot in a oyster flavoured sauce

tofoo vegetables:
just hard tofoo stir fry with season vegetables

not only will you enjoy tofoo but its good for you and your family

bona petite. yum yum Bean curd is a term that is used to translate tofu into English. Tofu is a Far Eastern soy product. It is made from soymilk. You make tofu from soymilk the same way you make cheese from dairy milk, which is the origin of the term "bean curd" ("curd" refers to the part of the milk that turns into cheese).

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