Blanching the bean curd with water may cause the bean curd to become old and it will not be delicious. Stir-fried bean curd is a home-cooked dish made with tender bean curd and egg as the main ingredients, green and red pepper rice, cilantro, garlic paste, red oil, starch and flour as the supplementary ingredients.

The bean horn is an annual vegetable of the genus cowpea in the family Leguminosae of the order Rosaceae. It is also known as cowpea, long cowpea and banded bean. Rich in protein, carotene, high nutritional value and good taste, it is one of the popular vegetables widely cultivated in the north of China, and its popularity ranks first among all kinds of vegetables. Bean curd is highly adaptable and can be cultivated in the open field as well as in the protected area, and it can also be produced on an annual basis and marketed in all seasons.