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SOYQUICK Soy Milk Maker - OKARA Recipes

Japanese Okarani

Okara
Okara is a deliciously nutritious remnant of soymilk making with your SoyQuick Automatic Soymilk Maker. Many people don't realize that the pulp that is left behind after grinding the soybeans is a highly nutritious product that contains plenty of soluble and insoluble fibre as well as a modest amount of protein.

Since the okara produced with your soymilk maker is already cooked, you can use it immediately in your favourite recipe, or freeze it for later use. It will keep 2 or 3 days in the refrigerator, or up to 4 or 5 months in the freezer.

Okara, like tofu, has little flavour on its own; however, here are just a few of the ways you can give okara delicious flavour.

JAPANESE OKARANI

Ingredients

okara - a clenched fist size
(Mix vegetables will do for the following ingredients.)

arms of 2 squids or 50g ground chicken
1 burdock root
1 welsh onion
4 dried shiitake mushrooms (soak into water for 30 minutes)
1 carrot

1/2 cup soup stock (use the water in which the shiitake mushroom soaked)
1 tablespoon sesame oil
mirin, soy sauce, sugar

Method
Wash ingredients and cut into 1cm chunks.
Heat sesame oil in frying pan. Sauté ingredients over high heat; add okara and sauté further. Add 1/2 cup soup stock, 1 tablespoon mirin and soy sauce and 2 tablespoons sugar.