Brilio.net - As a nutritious and economical food ingredient, tofu is often chosen as a daily meal menu. Not only is it rich in nutrition and cheap, this food ingredient is also easy to process into various kinds of dishes. Tofu can even be cooked by frying, grilling, sauting, boiling, or even steaming.
However, using spices when processing tofu is also important so that the results are tastier. Unfortunately, in some cases, even tofu that has been cooked with spices tastes sour or sour. This usually happens when the tofu is not processed properly, so there is still vinegar in it. Well, the longer it is stored, the more vinegar the tofu will taste and make it taste sour.
Basically, processing tofu involves adding vinegar to it. Quoting from the food journal on the eprints.ums.ac.id page, this vinegar functions to coagulate the tofu juice so that the texture is denser and doesn't crumble easily. Apart from that, the vinegar in tofu also aims to reduce the strong smell of soybeans.
So, so that the tofu doesn't taste sour and is stored longer, the vinegar content needs to be removed first. Luckily, a TikTok user @melizah615 once shared a simple way to remove vinegar from tofu. Apart from not making it sour, this method also helps make the texture of the tofu more chewy when processed, you know.
Reported by BrilioFood from TikTok @melizah615 on Thursday (11/7), there is one kitchen ingredient that must be prepared first, namely salt. Well, this kitchen ingredient can be very effective in neutralizing the acidity that comes from vinegar. Apart from that, salt also makes tofu more delicious, you know.
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However, care must be taken to use this salt so that the tofu can be stored for a long time. First of all, prepare a pan and arrange the tofu in it. If so, pour water until the tofu is completely submerged.
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Next, sprinkle enough table salt all over the tofu. After that, boil the tofu for a few minutes. Well, this process will make the tofu denser, so that it doesn't break easily when stored.
"This method will make the tofu feel chewier and tastier," said TikTok @melizah615.
photo: TikTok/@melizah615
If you want to cook it straight away, you can drain the tofu that has been boiled with salt. However, if you want to keep it as stock, it's best to wait until the tofu and cooking water have cooled. Once cool, transfer the tofu to an airtight container. Then pour in the boiled water. Store the tofu and the boiled water in a closed container in the refrigerator.
Because the vinegar content has been removed, the tofu also lasts longer. Apart from that, the salt water used as a marinade will make the tofu more delicious when cooked later. Very suitable for those of you who often stock up on raw tofu at home.