PURPOSE: To obtain a freeze-dried bean curd or a mixture of freeze-dried bean curd and other foods, giving a thawed material able to be efficiently dehydrated and dried and keeping high shape-retaining strength after thawing, by using a KONJAK (paste made from starch of devil's tongue) substance and bean curd as raw materials.
CONSTITUTION: A tuberous root of devil's tongue or KONJAK powder is added with water and heated under alkaline condition. The product is, if necessary, neutralized or dealkalinized to obtain a hydrophilic KONJAK substance which is a hydrophilic liquid or paste at normal temperature and is converted to hydrophobic gel by freezing or heating. The KONJAK substance is mixed with bean curd or a mixture of bean curd and other foods and frozen optionally after filling in a molding frame.
KIUCHI FUSAYO
SHIBUTA SHIGENOBU
