Can tofu brain be eaten every day?
Whether tofu can be eaten every day depends on your physical fitness, because tofu is a cold food. For some people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, eating some tofu every day may aggravate the condition and even lead to diarrhea. Therefore, it is suggested that such people should not eat too much tofu brain.
The efficacy of tofu brain
Tofu brain is solidified from soybean milk and will not lose nutrients with waste water. Its calcium content is higher than that of soybean milk. Tofu brain is delicate and moist, and has the effects of nourishing deficiency and moistening dryness, clearing lung-heat and resolving phlegm. Tofu brain also has oxidants, minerals and vitamins, and daidzein that milk does not have.
How to preserve tofu?
1. The newly bought bean curd can't be eaten on the same day, and can be stored in a cool and well-ventilated place. In the process of preservation, tofu brain should be soaked in clear water, some salt should be put in the water, and the water should be changed every once in a while, and a proper amount of salt should be put in the changed water. This method can preserve the bean curd brain for 1-2 days in summer and 3-4 days in winter.
2. Cook and save
Put some salt in tofu when it is boiled with clear water, and then store it after it is cooked, so that it can be preserved for a longer time.
Step 3 soak in salt water
Put the salt into cold water, and when all the salt is dissolved, put the water into cold water to boil, and put the boiled cold water into a basin. After the salt water in the basin is cool, put the bean curd into it for preservation. You can also soak it like this and keep it in the refrigerator. This can usually be kept for about 2 days.
What is tofu?
Tofu brain, also known as tofu flower, has two ways of eating: sweet and salty. Usually, it is mainly salty bean curd in the north. Many people need a bowl of bean curd brain for breakfast, which is a unique snack feature in China.