Rich in protein and fiber, tempeh is not only healthy but also delicious. Apart from that, its soft texture also makes this food ingredient easy to absorb various herbs and spices. Because of its flexible nature, tempeh can be processed into various menus, from everyday food to delicious snacks.
One of the popular tempeh preparations is made into tempeh crackers. Crispy and tasty tempeh crackers are many people's favorite snack. Usually tempe crackers are also eaten as a complement to heavy meals .
Basically, these tempe crackers can be easily made at home. If you want to make it, you can copy the trick shared by YouTube user Bagja Vlog. Through one of the uploaded videos, he not only shared the recipe for tempeh crackers, but also the secret ingredient that can make the crackers crispier and perfectly fluffy.
As reported by BriioFood from YouTube Bagja Vlog on Thursday (1/8), he used tapioca flour as an additional ingredient to increase the crunchiness of the crackers. Apart from tapioca flour, other spices used are coriander, garlic, mushroom stock and salt.
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How to make tempeh crackers, dice 1 board (220 gr) of tempeh. Then puree it with 100 ml of water in a chopper or blender. If so, add 4 cloves of garlic, 1/2 teaspoon coriander, 1 teaspoon stock seasoning, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Also add 50 ml of water and chop again until smooth.
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Once blended, add 350 grams of tapioca flour. Then grind again briefly until the flour is evenly mixed with the tempeh mixture. Next, transfer the cracker mixture to a bowl and stir briefly to make it smoother. After that, prepare a baking sheet and grease it with oil. Then pour the tempeh cracker mixture into the baking dish. Or you can put it in another container to mold the dough.
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Once printed, steam the tempe cracker mixture for 50 minutes until cooked. After that, remove from heat and refrigerate for at least 6 hours so that it is completely cold and can be cut. You can put it in the bottom of the refrigerator overnight to make it harder.
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Next, remove the dough from the mold. Then cut into thin pieces. Only then, arrange the tempe crackers on a bamboo tray, then dry them all day in direct sunlight.
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After drying, you can immediately fry some of these tempeh crackers. Don't forget to use hot oil and lots of it so that the crackers can expand perfectly. That way, the results will also be crisper