I just made it this morning and now enjoying it in the afternoon. My husband loves it. Thank you for making it super easy!! Great for summertime dessert.❤️❤️
I do use western-based soy milk, like Walmart-brand, & it has been ok to use. I now am going to try Trader Joes brand soy milk next. It is true as mentioned, you cannot reheat this in the microwave or else it turns back into liquid because this is gelatin-based. The same thing happens to jello. That is why I want to try GDL-based coagulant because that doesnt melt, but that is hard to find, even in the Asian grocery stores I go to, such as HMart & Fubonn, here in the US. But I will keep searching. For the ginger syrup, I do not have rock sugar, so I just use half white sugar & half brown sugar & it works well. But again, I want to find GDL next. I have read that gypsum-based Tofufa can sometimes be a health risk, depending on the person & how much tofufa they ingest, but I may try gypsum one of these days. I will also try other plant-based milk, such as oat or almond etc to also turn them into milk pudding. 07/04/24
OMG!!! This is so simple and delicious. Thank you so much. I went to an Asian dessert restaurant and they have all kinds of warm “soup” warm desserts. Some like this one. Some with peanuts and bobas. Some with mochis and sweet beans. I wish I knew what these delicious dessert warm “soups” are called so that I can make some. Can you kindly help me out, please? Thank you. ❤
Thanks for this! I worked in Mountain View, CA, where a Chinese market carried this. Couldn't find it in San Francisco stores or in North Bay stores, even 99 Ranch. My favorite easy dessert is this tofu served with canned lichees. No need to make a syrup as you can use the syrup in the can. But ginger would make a nice difference.
While in Beijing I ate breakfast at this small restaurant ,they only serve this creamy tofu in a dark broth,amazingly delicious.love to know how to make the broth .
You could definitely try looking into agar-agar as a replacement! Agar-agar is made from seaweed but it'll give the tofu a little bit of a harder bite than gelatin. It's still a comparable option for vegans though! :) It also requires a little bit more preparation, it's usually dried in sheets so you'll have to prep that in some cold water before adding it into the tofu.
I haven't had this since i was a kid and I feel crazy but I remember it being warm. Maybe not hot but warm. Maybe they sugar syrup they poured over was warm and thats what i'm remembering.
@@KindofCooking Oh good i thought maybe i was going crazy. I mean i am; we've been stuck inside for a year. Might still try this its been a long time. Thanks!
I found the soy milk brand sold in our Japanese market is fresher and more reliable than the Chinese brand soy milk. I bought the Chinese one with a expire date about 20 days away. But when I poured out, it was lumpy!!! Didn’t want to take a chance at getting sick so I poured it down the drain.
yess i have to try this!! miss tofu pudding soo much. thank you for letting us know what to do without a thermometer, im one of those people who don't have it haha
Is this the recipe that originated in the Hubei province? My husband is from Jingzhou and I was trying to find some dinner/dessert recipes from his area of China.
Hmmm I don’t have an answer to that. I don’t think I’ve ever used that. I’ve used tapioca starch for sauce thickening, but not sure it would work here.
Hi Carmen + Kevin, Love this recipe ! Many thanx !!! Every time I go to Manhattan's Chinatown, I forget to buy Doufu Fa - not a problem anymore. It will be my "go to dessert" for the summer; don't like ginger, so I just use maple syrup.
@@Joxa514 For your extreme lack of info, in Lamma Island, Hong Kong, where Chow Yun Fat was born, they pour SYRUP onto their Doufu Fa. It doesn't get more Cantonese than that !!!
@@maggiechan33 sorry Ive mistaken maple syrup for a Canadian product. Completely forgot how Cantonese it is 😂. I guess Chow Yun Fat poured Mapo syrup(sounds like maple with a heavy Chinese accent, kind of haha) on his then 😂. I'm just playing, to each their own. I'm sure it's nice with Maple Syrup, just imagine it kinda sweet without the ginger to balance it out with a bit of spiciness and bitterness.
@@Joxa514 Hello, if you think it would be "too sweet" with the maple syrup, you can always pour just a little. Again, you probably didn't know, but the ginger syrup is a recent fad; we Cantonese always ate Doufu Fa with just a sweet syrup. Just because there is a maple leaf on the Canadian Flag doesn't make maple syrup a "Canadian product"; it was used by Native Americans LONG before Europeans came to North America. The syrup is ubiquitous in the Northeastern US; ever heard of "Vermont Maple Syrup" ???
Hmm. well there's pros and cons to both. Gelatin is definitly an easier "hack" version for tofu fa - it's faster and you can be less precise with it, the drawback is that you can only have it as a cold version and the texture is a little bit different. With gypsym powder you can have it warm or cold version, but you need to be precise and you will need to steam it.
Check the instructions on the gelatin. Use the same amount of soy milk as it does for water & go from there. Increase or decrease amounts for next time.
The dimsum place I loved in LA used to serve warm tofu pudding and I'd eat far too much of it. They stopped serving it during covid and they haven't brought it back 😢 I think the warm one is set with gypsum or something like that. I'm going to have to try the cold one as a substitute
Question to certain overseas Chinese: why do you guys lose your language? This fella said: “My Chinese sucks..” hmmm. You are not proud of your own culture? Why so many overseas Chinese use English names? Please educate a westerner like me.
It depends on person to person, family to family etc. There is also that sense of wanting to fit it when you move to a different country, thus sometimes as generations go by, the original language, culture & customs get less & less over time. In addition, once you are relocated, the school system is your primary learning process, so stuff like culture & language of your parents & grandparents sometimes takes a back seat.
talya16198 Actually, your meanness is extremely upsetting. There's just no cause to hurt someone's feelings with your unkindness. She's cute. They look like a great couple. Well matched.
