Soy milk from scratch

Chinese new year is four days away. Naturally on my priority list this weekend there is Chinese food.

Soy milk wasn't part of plan and it is not something Chinese will have only during new year either. On the contrary, we have it for breakfast on daily basis (traditionally milk is not part of the diet for most Chinese but soy milk is).

I had soaked some soy beans for other purpose but for some reasons I suddenly felt like making soy milk this morning. It is actually pretty easy and all you need to do is patience and a good blender.

The key step though happens after you blend the soy beans into tiny pieces. You have to make sure no tiny bits and pieces of soy beans will get into the milk when you heating it up. So several layers of cheese cloths and a flour sift were used, as shown in the picture, to stop the solids from entering a pot underneath. A little bit of squeezing needed but no sweat necessary.

After this step, the only thing left is to boil the soy milk, and enjoy!