Making tempeh from frozen soybeans

[chronyx]

Can you make tempeh from shop-bought frozen soy beans? Or even the ready to eat ones you can get in a carton from Sainsbury's?

All the online guides mention de-hulling, grinding, etc, etc.

Some of us have jobs!

[ninearms]

Obviously not a job that's too demanding to prevent you from trying to make tempeh!

[chronyx]

Well chucking some frozen beans in a bag with some culture (Abridged version) is still much quicker than grinding, de-hulling, rinsing, etc

[chronyx]

Well I gave it a go with a carton of soya beans. Hopefully my home-made incubator of a heat pad in a Coolbox will work...

Looking forward to seeing the results either way though...as long as it's not stomping round the kitchen tomorrow morning.

[vegimator]

Good luck! You can also make tempeh from other beans like black eyed peas - http://books.google.com/books?id=qCMmXA ... &q&f=false

[beforewisdom]

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/TEMPEH/

[chronyx]

WE HAVE WHITE FLUFFY STUFF!

I REPEAT:

WHITE FLUFFY STUFF.



It did wink at me though.

Thanks for the links guys - very interesting!

[philthy builder]

White fluffy stuff sounds about right.Does it have patches of black mould like the stuff you buy?

[chronyx]

Nope, this is a type that doesn't do that apparently!

In the final twelve hours now...

[chronyx]

Just stir-fried it, tasted different to the shop bought stuff but OK. Think I shouldn't have mashed the beans so much. Haven't keeled over yet!