Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp 1.2 08/01/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!pesnta!hplabs!hp-pcd!ken From: ken@hp-pcd.UUCP (ken) Newsgroups: net.veg Subject: Tempeh recipes (at last) Message-ID: <22500008@hpcvlo.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Jun-85 04:59:00 EDT Article-I.D.: hpcvlo.22500008 Posted: Fri Jun 28 04:59:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 08:18:04 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 67 Nf-ID: #N:hpcvlo:22500008:000:2383 Nf-From: hpcvlo!ken Jun 28 00:59:00 1985 TEMPEH RECIPES I am going to present the ideas I hold dear while preparing tempeh. I have been eating tempeh regularly for five years. These ideas should stimulate you to realize that tempeh can be incorporated into almost any recipe. short instructions: thaw tempeh between 10 to 30 minutes steam tempeh in vegie steamer for 30-35 minutes now use the tempeh in one of your favorite recipes expanded long-winded verbose instructions full of good ideas: I prefer fresh tempeh, but it's hard to come by, unless you make it yourself (should I relate to you the story of how my brother in Arizona turned his entire bathroom into a tempeh incubator producing a wealth of tempeh cakes!). Frozen tempeh is next best. You only need to thaw frozen tempeh for about ten minutes. If I am cooking dinner I would take tempeh out of the freezer when I arrive home, then go about my business (look at the day's mail, change into comfortable clothes, wash my hands...), when I get back to the kitchen the tempeh is ready to be prepared for consumption. Cut tempeh into whatever size is called for by your recipe. For example, for tempeh burgers the normal frozen tempeh cake should be quartered; cube tempeh is appropriate for lasagne or Russ's wedding tempeh dish (see following article); or become a tempeh guru like my friend george who works with his tempeh sliced thinly at a slight angle. Steam the tempeh for about thirty minutes in a veggie steamer. The tempeh can now be incorporated into a dish. You are ready to read one of the following recipes. It is best if you are creating your own recipe to find some way at this point to use spices to add flavor to the tempeh. I tend to like lots of spices like cumin, corriander, dill, ginger, mustard, basil, oregano, parsley... An alternative way to start is to marinade the tempeh cake for 24 hrs. previous to steaming. Marinade can be a combination of: vinegar tamari sauce mollases ... The indonesians marinade tempeh in coconut milk (unsweetened only). Also note that traditionally people are told to deep fry tempeh. YUK, too greasy! Just stick to steaming and you'll be better off. For lods of details see: The Book of Tempeh A Super soyfood from indonesia by W. Shurtleff and A. Aoyagi published by Harper and Row Enjoy, Ken Bronstein hp-pcd!ken