How To Make Tempeh

You can also use grains such as brown rice barley or millet in fact tempeh can be made with just grains and no beans at all.

How to make tempeh. The beans should be layered 1 to 1-12 inches thick. Put the beans in a cooking pot and add enough water to cover them. Place the mixture into the bag.

Place an oven thermometer in your oven. Make holes in the bags on both sides so that the tempeh can breath during fermentation. You can buy tempeh starter from TopCultures they ship worldwide.

Place the beans in two vented containers or quart-size plastic bags with needle-size holes poked through at 12-inch intervals. Inoculating the soybeans with tempeh starter. For example- the PER value of wheat-soybean 11 tempeh was comparable to that of casein.

Its important that the holes are going through on both sides. Transfer the beans to a glass bowl and cover with cling wrap. Add the vinegar and cook for 30 min.

The quality of tempeh protein can be improved by making tempeh from mixtures of cereals and soybeans. Add the Tempeh Starter and mix well to distribute the starter well throughout the beans. Put in pot and add clean water to 10cm above bean level bring to the boil turn off.

Soaking and dehulling soya beans. Drain off the water and dry the soybeans by continue heating them in the pot on medium heat for a few minutes and until the beans are dry. To do this put them in a large pot and add enough water to cover them.