Handmade tofu meatballs

Tofu meatballs are made by every household in northern Fujian. They are local Tujia cuisine. I have eaten them since I was a child. Nowadays, with the influence of foreign food culture, it is difficult to find a local restaurant that serves local specialties, let alone eat them. Is this a "tragedy"?
Tofu meatballs. When you see this name, you know that they are made with Doufu. Generally speaking, tofu, minced pork, and sweet potato flour are kneaded together to make meatballs and steam them. This is also my father's favorite food. My family usually doesn't cook it. I only cook it at some holidays and family banquets. I use it to entertain relatives and friends because it is easy to cook and can be used as soup and staple food. It has a different flavor. I remember when I was a child, when the Chinese New Year was approaching, my family would make two big boxes of doufu, and then make fried doufu and tofu meatballs. My mother would make a lot every time, steam it and put it in a basin. My brother and I couldn't wait to make the soup, so we "ate it". There are many ingredients for making soup. Depending on one's preferences, you can add some green vegetables and mushrooms to make farm-style bean dumplings. You can also add some seafood such as clams, clams, oysters, etc. to make seafood bean dumplings. You can use any ingredients you can think of. What a change.

After "Fan Yabi", the temperature really took a big turn. Previously, it was blowing in the air-conditioned room all day and all night, but the fans were not even used these two days. The skin has also felt a little tight in the past two days, and the weather has begun to become dry. Eating more tofu in autumn can not only clear heat, moisten dryness, promote saliva and quench thirst, but also replenish the middle and qi, clean the stomach and have cosmetic effects. In Japan, women often eat tofu to keep fit.





Tofu Encyclopedia: (Data comes from Baidu)



1. Types of tofu

Tofu includes southern tofu, northern tofu, old tofu, tender tofu, slab tofu, round tofu, water tofu, frozen tofu, steamed stuffed bun tofu, etc., all of which are fresh products of tofu (including dried tofu, tofu skin, tofu jelly, etc.); fermented products of tofu include stinky tofu, milk rot, long-hair tofu, etc., which are all traditional non-staple foods of our people.

2. The effect of tofu

Tofu is rich in nutrients, containing iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other trace elements essential to the human body. It also contains carbohydrates, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein. It is known as "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu reaches more than 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium needs.

Tofu is a tonic and heat-clearing food. Eating it often can nourish the middle and replenish qi, clear heat and moisten dryness, promote saliva, quench thirst, and clean the stomach.