The method of making rice tofu can be divided into five steps, which takes about one day to make.

materials rice and lime

production steps

1. material selection

the raw materials are mainly rice and lime. Indica rice is good for early, middle and late rice, and broken rice is ok, but japonica rice and glutinous rice are not, because it is too sticky and difficult to make. Lime is better with new lime.

2. soaking

before soaking, remove impurities from the rice, wash it clean, and then put it into a container and add water until the rice is 3.5 cm. Put 5 grams of powdered lime in 1 kg of rice. Lime should be mixed into slurry first, added to the flooded rice, and then stirred evenly. Soak the rice for 3-4 hours to make it light yellow and bitter, then take it out and wash it in clear water until it is clear.

3. Pulping

The ratio of water to rice is 1 to 2.

4. Boil the slurry

Put a proper amount of water (2 kg of water for 1 kg of rice) in the iron pan where the oil is cleaned, and then pour the ground rice slurry. When cooking the pulp, stir it while cooking, and start to cook it with high fire. When it is half cooked, use low fire, stir it while cooking, and it takes about 15 minutes to cook.

5. Molding

The cooked rice slurry is turned into paste, and it is put into a pre-prepared container while it is hot. The size of the container is selected according to the thickness of rice tofu, generally 3-1 cm is appropriate. A thin cloth should be laid in the container, and the thickness should be uniform when loading. It can be cooled.

Nutritional efficacy of rice bean curd:

Rice bean curd contains a variety of vitamins, which can prevent and treat colorectal cancer, constipation, dysentery and intestinal gas, help to lose weight and detoxify, beautify the skin, maintain beauty and maintain youthful vitality; It has the functions of clearing away heat, quenching thirst and refreshing, and it also has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving hunger, relieving sleepiness, refreshing and relieving summer heat in summer.

Rice bean curd is a kind of weakly alkaline food. Eating alkaline food can keep the blood weakly alkaline, reduce acidic substances such as lactic acid and uric acid in the blood, and has a better effect on people with high uric acid. It can also prevent lactic acid and uric acid from depositing on the blood vessel wall, thus softening blood vessels. Therefore, some people call alkaline food "a cleaner for blood and blood vessels".