In the south of China, tofu is usually made with gypsum brine, which can make tofu not fragile. In northern China, the main component of brine is calcium sulfate, and tofu is easily broken. Tofu, you can make tofu with shallots and tofu crucian carp soup.
Brief introduction of brine:
Brine brine, also known as bittern and bittern alkali, is a brine block formed by evaporation and cooling of the mother liquor left in the salt pond after salting with seawater or salt lake water to separate out magnesium chloride crystals. Bittern bittern is also called bittern, bittern. Its main components are sodium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride and calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate and magnesium bromide. Brine is a traditional coagulant for making tofu in China for thousands of years.
Brine blocks dissolved in water, called brine, are commonly used coagulants for making tofu in northern China, which can solidify protein solution into gel. Tofu made of brine as coagulant has strong hardness, elasticity and toughness, and is called old tofu, or north tofu and hard tofu.