How to make red bean tofu with smooth grape sugar, incredibly fragrant and refreshing

How to make Red Bean Tào Phớ

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  Prepare the ingredients

  Rinse the red beans thoroughly, picking out any moldy or defective beans that float on the surface. Then soak the beans in hot water for quicker softness or soak them in clean water overnight for 8 – 10 hours.

  Peel the ginger, wash it clean, and then slice it thinly.

  

  
• 2

  Simmer the red beans

  Boil a pot of water and then add the beans along with 2 teaspoons of sugar, reducing the heat to a low simmer.

  Simmer the beans for about 15 minutes, then turn off the stove and let the beans cook in the pot by residual heat. After 15 minutes, check the beans. If they are soft, do not cook further; if they are still hard, place them back on the stove over low heat.

  

  
• 3

  Prepare the tapioca pearls

  First, boil a pot of water. When the water is boiling, reduce the heat and drop the tapioca pearls in. Use chopsticks to gently stir so that the pearls do not stick together. Then, cover the pot and boil on high heat until the tapioca pearls float to the surface of the water.

  Prepare a bowl of filtered water mixed with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Immediately transfer the tapioca pearls from the hot water into the bowl of sugar water you prepared, stirring well so that the pearls soak up the sugar water and do not stick together as they cool.

  If you don’t like using pre-made tapioca pearls, you can make them yourself at home following the suggested recipe from TasteVN.

  See more: 4 ways to make tapioca pearls from tapioca flour, glutinous rice flour, and wheat flour delicious and chewy

  
• 4

  Prepare ginger syrup

  Boil a pot of water, then add 3 teaspoons of apricot blossom sugar and 3 pieces of palm sugar, simmer on low heat, stirring continuously until the sugar dissolves.

  After the syrup boils again, add all the ginger, and continue to boil for 5 minutes before turning off the heat.

  The ginger syrup should have a warm, strong aroma of ginger, and the taste should be sweet enough to complement the tofu.

  

  
• 5

  Making Tofu

  You wash the pandan leaves clean, then roll them up neatly, and then put them on the stove to boil together with soy milk to give the soybeans a refreshing aroma.

  Be careful to simmer on low heat when there are small bubbles to avoid overflow. During the boiling process, you must stir the soy milk a few times to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the pot; when the soybean water boils, remove the pandan leaves.

  Prepare a clean large bowl and a bowl with warm water. To set the tofu, we will place the bowl containing the tofu in the warm water.

  Note: The setting mechanism of grape sugar requires high temperature, so be sure to soak the bowl in warm water!

  Next, you add 2 grams of grape sugar and 2 tablespoons of purified water to the bowl. Quickly sprinkle the grape sugar evenly around the bowl, while pouring the hot soy milk in quickly. This step will help the soy milk mix evenly with the grape sugar.

  Then, use a spoon to skim off the foam, cover it with a cloth to prevent condensation, and use a lid to cover it, keeping the bowl in a fixed position without moving. This step needs to be done quickly because grape sugar can sour very quickly when exposed to air.

  

  

  
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  Completion

  After about 1 hour, you gently lift the lid, unwrap the cloth, the tofu pudding is smooth, firm but not hard, and wobbly.

  At this point, you use a tablespoon to gently scoop it out into a bowl, then drizzle with ginger syrup, a bit of tapioca pearls, and red beans. Enjoying the fruits of your own labor is so delicious!

  
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  Final Product

  So the red bean tofu pudding cooked with grape sugar is complete. Let’s take a look at the final product!

  A bowl of tofu pudding is a blend of smooth, wobbly tofu, soft beans, a creamy texture, and the sweet taste of ginger syrup that is not overpowering, accompanied by a faint aroma of ginger and pandan leaves.