Chongyi turmeric tofu making technique

Jiangxi
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Chongyi turmeric tofu making technique (the third provincial level) Chongyi turmeric tofu making technique is a traditional handicraft in Sishun Township, Chongyi County, Jiangxi Province. It was handed down from the ancestors of the Li family in Sishun Township. It uses local high-quality soybeans as the main raw materials. After washing, shelling, soaking, grinding, removing residue, burning soybean milk, boiling sour ginger water, and then adding boiling water to pour three times in a row, while burning and swimming, using sour ginger water to replace the traditional gypsum making method, scoop out the formed tofu brain with a spoon, and use small square cloth pieces instead of molds to wrap small square tofu individually. After pressing, they are unpacked piece by piece, and then boiled in water with turmeric, which is known as the best ginger and "gold in medicine", and boiled for ten minutes. The "turmeric tofu" is golden in color, tender in texture, high in protein content, pure green food, and does not contain any chemical pigments. It is not only delicious, but also can replenish blood, clear heat and disinfect, and prevent and treat coughs. Turmeric tofu is made using ancient traditional handicrafts, with complicated processes, and has the advantages of nutrition, health care, bright color, and unique taste. However, as people's eating habits gradually become westernized, the "yellow ginger tofu" handed down by their ancestors has gradually been ignored. Yellow ginger tofu is the unique craft of Li Xiangru, a villager in Sishun Township, Chongyi County. This yellow ginger tofu is different from the tofu we eat in daily life in terms of color, shape and method. As the saying goes, gypsum (or brine) is used to make tofu, and one thing conquers another. When Li Xiangru makes tofu, he does not use gypsum or brine to make tofu. Instead, he uses the unique technique of using sour ginger water instead of gypsum to solidify bean juice, and uses the traditional craft of burning and swimming to make it. The yellow ginger tofu made by Li Xiangru is golden yellow, and each piece of tofu is the same size and is square. There is a red seal on each piece of tofu, which reads: "Yuanfa Wuxiang Fugan", which is the only sign of Li Xiangru's yellow ginger tofu for sale. Yellow ginger tofu is a traditional food of Chongyi Hakka for more than 300 years, with high nutritional value and health care effects. In particular, it is easy to process into various dishes, such as boiling, frying, deep-frying, stuffing and cold mixing.

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