I find soya bean milk eases my heartburn, which is a remedy I’m grateful for after constantly popping Rennie. I stocked up the canned variety from an asian supermarket a while ago and also order a glass or two whenever I’m at Blue Pacific restaurant near Golders Green.
I was recently inspired to make my own soya bean milk. I bought a packet of dried soya beans from a health food store near work last Friday and got brewing on Saturday. This process is long, but the soya milk is as good as I’ve had in asian restaurants. I like to serve them chilled and sweet.
Ingredients: (makes about 1.5litres)
- 150g dried soya beans (soaked overnight)
- 1.5l water
- 2 pandan leaves
- palm sugar to taste
Method:
- Drain the soaked soya beans and transfer to a pyrex bowl
- Fill a medium pot with water, and place the pyrex bowl over it, ensuring the base of the bowl does not touch the surface of the water
- Cover the bowl with foil, place the pot on the stove over slow heat and steam the soya beans for 3 to 3.5 hours, topping up water in the double boiler as necessary
- Once cooked, remove the pot from the stove and leave the foil on the bowl for another 20 minutes
- Transfer the cooked soya beans into a blender, and add 750ml water
- Blend the soya beans until fine
- Strain the soya milk into a bowl using a muslin cloth
- Tip the soya paste left in the muslin cloth back into the blender and add 500ml water. Blend for a minute and repeat step 7
- Once the soya milk has been strained, transfer the milk into a clean pot and place it on the stove over low heat
- Add the pandan leaves into the pot, and depending on the consistency of the soya milk, you may wish to add the remaining 250ml water (or not)
- Add palm sugar to taste and bring the milk to a boil. Turn down the heat and leave the milk to simmer for 5 minutes
- Turn off the stove, remove the pandan leaves and leave to cool
- Transfer into a jug, cover with clingfilm and keep in the fridge (max 2 days)
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I was discussing making your own soy milk with a friend the other day, and he has a special machine to do it that he bought on one of his many trips to China. Makes it a nicely automated task, apparently!
I’d say that would cut down the process by a good few hours. Honestly, it took as long as it would to steam a Christmas pudding, which is the next task on my list! Hope you’re keeping well.