Hello everyone, welcome to yet another edition of HiveLearners creative Sunday. Actually today is going to be my first time participating and it fills just good.
For the creative Sunday, I'll be showing you guys how I prepared tofu also called "Awara" in the northern part of Nigeria for my whole family. This special delight is prepared with soya beans as the major ingredient along side other food ingredients to bring out it unique tastes. Getting the soya beans wasn't a struggle as we still have some in the house from our last year harvest that's why it's good to be a farmer 😁😁 that's just by the way. Taking you through this journey, these were the ingredients I used to prepare my tofu.
Ingredients
*Soya beans
*Pepper
*Onion
*Maggi and Salt
*Oil (for frying)
*Fermented tofu water. (You can either choose to use lime juice, alom or fermented pap water).
Materials
*A sieve cloth
*Mortar or a large stone
*Nylon
*Knife
*Tray
Note: there are several other ways to prepare tofu so my procedures might be different from yours which absolutely does note make me a bad cook thanks.
PROCEDURES
Firstly, I soaked my soya beans for about two hours which after I rinsed properly and then went ahead to blend it using the local blender.
Secondly, after blending to make the paste much more lighter, I added water and then used my sieve cloth to separate the liquid from the chaff. After that I set my pot on fire and poured in the juice. I added a little red oil inside. I allowed this to cook very well before going in with the next stuff.
Thirdly, I pour in the fermented tofu water into the already boiling water and stir. This majorly is to allow it form the tofu itself. I allowed this to continue to form till the water is clear and no longer milky.
Fourthly, I used a bowl to fetch the formation from the pot into the sieve strain the water a little and poured in all my other ingredients and mix thoroughly. This process has to be done real quick because the more it gets cold the ability to form into a mould becomes weaker.
Fifth, after mixing ingredients well, you tight the seive place on a tray followed by the nylon and put your mortar on top to form and strain out excess water. Aside the fact you strain out excess water, it also gets to form well so you can cut into desired shapes.
Sixth, once the water is completely strained, remove the mortar and remove from the sieve cloth and put inside a clean tray after which you cut into desired shape.
Lastly, you fried till golden brown.
You can eat it hot but it's best when it's a little bit cold.
Thank you for your time, peace 🕊️
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