http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ Talk about Korean food, recipes, restaurants, and cooking en Thu, 23 May 2013 09:09:10 +0000 http://www.maangchi.com/talk/topic/homemade-soymilk-and-dubu#post-5734 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:12:45 +0000 mokpochica 5734@http://www.maangchi.com/talk/ <p>I received this soymilk maker for my birthday: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soyapower-Plus-Milk-Maker-Rice/dp/B001KT61P8/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1322017157&#038;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Soyapower-Plus-Milk-Maker-Rice/dp/B001KT61P8/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1322017157&#038;sr=1-1</a> I wanted to make homemade soymilk because it is so expensive at the store. $3 for a half gallon of organic soymilk. Wow! It really adds up. Also, I wanted to try making dubu myself after seeing someone else post about it on her blog. <a href="http://www.lafujimama.com/2009/09/how-to-make-tofu-no-fancy-equipment/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lafujimama.com/2009/09/how-to-make-tofu-no-fancy-equipment/</a></p> <p>So, I've made a few different kinds of soymilk now. Plain soymilk, milk made with half garbanzo beans and half soybeans and black soybean/black sesame seed soymilk (my favorite). I love how my homemade soymilk has less sugar than the store brands. My kids of course prefer the store brand because it is sweeter, so I am working on them still. I will probably just sweeten theirs with stevia.</p> <p>The dubu has turned out really well too. It is surprising to see how much whey is left once the soymilk coagulates. It takes like 4 batches of milk to make a block of dubu. But it tastes really good and fresh. I told my husband that now I can open up a booth at the farmer's market selling artisan dubu. </p> <p>Next on the agenda is to get some malt powder because it is supposed to make the soymilk taste more like the store brands. And then I want to make some almond milk because my soymilk maker can make all kinds of nut milks. So cool! </p> <p>The soymilk maker cost $120 and for me it is worth it. I make soymilk twice a week now and the ingredients are so cheap. We still buy dubu, because it is more labor intensive to make, but I'm not buying soy or nut milks anymore. </p>