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SOYQUICK Soy Milk Maker - OKARA Recipes

Banana Okara Bread

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.

BANANA OKARA BREAD

Ingredients

1 cup dried okara
1/4 cup (50g) unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown or raw sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk or soymilk
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp lemon juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
Pre-heat the oven to 175°C/250°F. Grease and flour a loaf pan.

Method
Heat up a non-stick frying or sauté pan. Toast the okara, stirring frequently, until it is a golden brown in colour. Let cool.

Mix together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs and milk or soymilk, almond extract and lemon juice. Add the mashed bananas.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture, mixing just until it is combined. Fold in the okara.

Put the batter into the loaf pan. Hit the loaf pan hard on your work surface - this settles the batter and gets rid of any large air pockets. Bake for about an hour, until it is toasty brown in colour. Test with a skewer stuck in the middle - it comes out clean when ready.

Take out of the loaf pan and let cool before slicing.

Note: you can also bake this as muffins, in which case the baking time will be much shorter (about 20-25 minutes).