Collect Cooking With Soy Developed By Yoshiko Takeuchi Shown As Softcover

with having many recipes for soy products, this book tells you exactly how to make your own tofu from scratch,

as well as how to use it and other soya ingredients effectively.
I appreciated the detailed instructions on making tofu and the many recipes for okara! My favourite one was the tofu okara nuggets, but the okara kinako cake was also amazingly good considering it's made almost entirely from beans.
Kinako is not obtainable in my area, and surprisingly she doesn't explain how to make it, but all you need to do is soak some soy beans, roast them well with no oil like peanuts, but for longer, and grind them in a blender you can also not grind them and mix them with salt and chilli and herbs, but don't put the result in a cake.


I didn't enjoy all the recipes but some were gratefully added to my stash, I liked many of the Japanese ones, especially the kakiage, There were some nice ideas for using tofu in salads that I will keep using, The rice paper roll recipes were great too the more I eat rice paper rolls the better I like them for making light meals and substantial snacks.
Also, this book has the most perfect vegan traditional style baked vanilla cheesecake ever I might have added the vanilla, but any fool can improvise it's the basic recipe that did the magic.


Most surprising discovery: cooked banana is an incredibly effective setting agent,

This book is healthoriented and most recipes are low in fat and sugar where savoury dishes such as salads had added sugar, I usually skipped it, but where desserts had no added fat, I usually added some.
Not all the dishes are vegan, but vegan alternatives are given for the majority of recipes with nonvegan ingredients.
No meat or fish is used it's fully vegetarian and mostly vegan, There are many gluten free recipes too,

What I would have liked: more Japanese recipes, more miso recipes, more seaweed recipes, suggestions for eating natto.
This book is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn to cook with all kinds of soy products, including how to make their own tofu from scratch! Featuring healthy meals using tofu, soy, edamame and plantbased foods, the recipes in this book are great for alternative options.