Jimami Tofu is a local dish of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Only 3 ingredients♪ Easy to make with potato starch A chunky, rich peanut tofu.
Jimami means peanuts in Okinawan dialect💡
The peanut flavor is concentrated and the texture is chewy! Once you try it, you’ll be hooked.
very tasty!😋
How to make jimami tofu
Ingredients (about 4 servings)
- Raw peanuts… 100g
- Potato starch …30g
- water …300cc
- Pinch of salt …1 pinch (to taste)
- Squeezing cloth
Steps
Preparation
Soak raw peanuts in water overnight. After soaking overnight, remove the thin skin cleanly.
1.Put thinly peeled raw peanuts and water in a blender and run the blender for about 1 minute.
2.Strain the paste (1) through a cloth and put it in a pan.
3.Add potato starch to the pot and mix until there are no lumps. Knead over low heat for 20 to 30 minutes until glossy. Transfer to a bat and remove from heat, then chill in the refrigerator to complete the dish.
Tips for making gi-marmi tofu
Dissolve the potato starch first. If you put the tofu on the fire before it is melted, it will become lumpy.
The more you knead, the tastier the tofu will be.
The leftover peanuts can be used as okara (bean curd) in a variety of dishes.
Here are the products used to make Jimami Tofu
Nakateyutaka is a variety of dried, fresh peanut that is large, attractive, crisp, and suitable for a variety of dishes. Jimami Tofu becomes very rich with Japanese Chiba peanuts!
It can also be used in a variety of dishes.
Recipes using peanut leftover. Japanese okara roll.
Peanut okara left over after making jimami-tofu can be easily rearranged to make a delicious side dish… Mix peanut okara with ground chicken, soybeans, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and shiso and roll in fried bean curd to complete the dish!
