Hemp tofu recipe

[vegimator]

Someone found an old hemp tofu recipe I came up with and modified it to make it much less crumbly and firmer. Check it out if you want to reduce your soy intake -

http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012 ... hemp-tofu/

[vege]

i will give it a try!
i have no nigari though... can i use lemon juice?

PS: aren't omega-3 destroyed by cooking?

[vegimator]

Nigari is a coagulant. You can probably substitute a different coagulant like calcium hydroxide but I don't think lemon juice would work.

If you were just cooking hemp oil, yes the omega-3s would be destroyed and you'd be creating harmful byproducts. But using the whole hemp seed prevents that damage. Or at least I assume it does because the omega 3s in flax remain intact when cooked - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11879055

And the creation of tofu involves cooking beans, but tofu is a relatively decent source of omega 3s too.

[vege]

hey, vegimator! i've just made one with lemon juice don't know if it supposed to be THAT crumbly, but it looks good for scrambled "eggs", etc. and i didn't even have tofu press, i just used kitchen cloth and my strong forearms


Actually, i will try just to blend altogether after cooking, to get cottage cheese, with some garlic and dill, etc... Thank you for this idea, i have tons of hemp seeds in my freezer

[vegimator]

Hey, looks good! Like you said, good for scrambles or maybe burgers, meatballs, etc. I think I'm going to use my batch for some kind of burger.

[Herbsman]

that's rad!