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Tofu

Tofu
Tofu (Chinese characters).svg
"Tofu" in Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 豆腐
Simplified Chinese 豆腐
Hanyu Pinyin dòufu
Literal meaning "bean curd"
Burmese name
Burmese ပဲပြား (pebya/péprā:)
or တိုဖူး (tofu/tiuphü:)
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese đậu phụ
or đậu hũ
or tàu hũ
Chữ Nôm
Thai name
Thai , IPA: [tâohûː]
Korean name
Hangul 두부
Hanja 豆腐
Japanese name
Kanji 豆腐
Hiragana とうふ
Malay name
Malay tauhu
Indonesian name
Indonesian tahu
Filipino name
Tagalog tokwa
Khmer name
Khmer តៅហ៊ូ (tauhu)
Min Bei name
Min Bei dae fu (Jian'ou dialect)
tofu (soft, typical)
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 291 kJ (70 kcal)
1.5 g
3.5 g
Saturated 0.5 g
8 g
Minerals
Calcium
(13%)
130 mg
Iron
(8%)
1.10 mg
Sodium
(0%)
4 mg
Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Tofu, also known as bean curd, is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is a component in East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines. Tofu can be soft, firm, or extra firm. Tofu has a subtle flavor and can be used in savory and sweet dishes. It is often seasoned or marinated to suit the dish.

Tofu-making is first recorded during the Chinese Han dynasty some 2,000 years ago. Chinese legend ascribes its invention to prince Liu An (179–122 BC). Tofu and its production technique were introduced into Korea and then Japan during the Nara period (710–794). Some scholars believe tofu arrived in Vietnam during the 10th and 11th century. It spread into other parts of Southeast Asia as well. This spread probably coincided with the spread of Buddhism because it is an important source of protein in the vegetarian diet of East Asian Buddhism.Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty described a method of making tofu in the Compendium of Materia Medica.

Tofu has a low calorie count and relatively large amounts of protein. It is high in iron, and depending on the coagulants used in manufacturing (e.g. calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate), it can have a high calcium or magnesium content.

The term tofu is used by extension for similarly textured curdled dishes that do not use soy products, such as "almond tofu" (almond jelly), tamago-dōfu () (egg), goma-dōfu () (sesame), or peanut tofu (Chinese 落花生豆腐 luòhuāshēng dòufu and Okinawan jīmāmi-dōfu ()).


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