Tofu or bean curd is a food prepared by pressing the curds of coagulated soy milk into solid white blocks of varying softness: 'silken', 'soft', 'firm', and 'extra firm'.
A typical block of raw Japanese-style silken tofu.
Illustration of a tofu seller (right) and a sōmen seller (left) by Tosa Mitsunobu, from the Songs of the Seventy-one Craftsmen (七十一番職人歌合, Shichijūichi-ban Shokunin Uta-awase), a poetry anthology written around 1500
Curd is obtained by coagulating milk in a sequential process called curdling. It can be a final dairy product or the first stage in cheesemaking. The coagulation can be caused by adding rennet, a cult
Tofu
…Tofu (Japanese: 豆腐, Hepburn: Tōfu; Chinese: 豆腐; pinyin: dòufu; Korean: 두부; RR: dubu) or bean curd is a food prepared by pressing the curds of coagulated soy milk into solid white blocks of varying softness: 'silken', 'soft', 'firm', and 'extra (or super) firm'. It originated in China and…
Testing of the setting of cheese curd during the manufacture of cheddar cheese
Heating and stirring the curd in the traditional process to make French Beaufort cheese, an Alpine cheese
Cutting of milk curd into small cubes using a curd knife