Chilled Bean Curd (豆花)

Ingredients:-

500 g Soya Bean ( Soak for 5 -6 hours )
2875 ml Water
125 ml Evaporatd milk
1 tbsp Agar agar power
2 tbsp Sugar
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs


Method:-

1) Liquidize the soya bean with 2000mls of water and sieve twice with "cotton bag ". Top up with water to get 2875 mls of soya milk.
2) Dissolve the agar agar power with 500 mls of soya milk.
3) Pour in to the remaining soya milk, sugar and mix well.
4) Boil with pandan leaves till boil (stir constantly) and continue to simmer for another 10 mins over low heat.
5) Add in the evaporated milk, stir well (DO NOT BOIL) remove and leave to cool slightly for 5 mins.
6) Scoop out the bubbles and the bean curd skin.
7) Pour into container and leave to set.
8) After 10 mins scoop out the bean curd skin in order to get a smooth surface.
9) When cool cover and chilled in the fridge till set.
10) Serve with sugar syrup or gula melaka syrup. Can be kept in the fridge for 3 to 4 days.


For sugar syrup recipes, you can use the following:-


Sugar Syrup

Castor sugar 300 gm
Water 360gm
Pandan leaves 3 - 4 pcs

Mix all and cook till boil, continue simmer for another 5 mins.


Gula Melaka Syrup

Gula melaka 150gm
Brown sugar 150gm
Castor sugar 50gm
water - adjust to suit own sweetness

Mix all and cook till boil, continue to simmer for 5 mins.


Note:-

1) I've halved the recipe when I made it ... just right for my family of 5.


[recipe from Kitchen Capers by amelia]