Fresh Tempe lasts for 3 days *experiment*

Back Making Tempe! Wohoo!
Yup it's exciting making it tho it's tiring. if more than 14 oz of soy beans tho. 

Tempe done still sweating some

Since this's going to be first time making it again after being off 2 months, so I made it small amount. Wanna test the weather temperature in my home in this fall too. Glad it's working well!

Got friend of mine commenting about Homeland Tempe that's been sitting 3 days and getting bad *read blackened* tho probably you still can eat it, some still producing sort of Tempe to be eaten, So I decided to make experiment using my home made tempe. 

 tempe that's been 2 days sitting by the kitchen counter

I made it done on tuesday morning, still sweating some, since I was just having my teeth pulled, I couldn't eat normally. I put 3 of them in freezer but left 2 by the kitchen counter. Wishing I could cook it later and hoping my home made tempe would still be good. Indeed it's still good and still growing i guess, it's still warm. Wow! cool! 

Tempe that's been 3 days sitting by the kitchen counter

My gum is almost healed today. I decided to cook my tempe. It's been 3 days now. It's still very good. Sooo Happyyyyyy!

Taking Order of Tempe, Tempeh -Keep track for my own record-

Sooooo Glaaad I finally made decision for taking order of Tempe, Tempeh in Jax. 

It's hard work making it but soon as it's done, and my customers happy, I am so relieved and of course happy too.

All the hard work paid off. 

Starting from 20 packs and then 30 packs maximum for fresh ordering

and then experimenting for sending it via mail! since I have friend moving out from Jax and begging me to send some also.

Ohio is the first trial 

and this is the condition of my tempe 

*pack in flat rate box no vacuum but fresh tempe when i shipped it*

Tempe arrived in Ohio

then she cooked it *deep fried*
she said it's yummy!*

the next shipping was GA and OR

* I like keeping track of my photo in instagram too* :-)

Hope the tempe is still good!! 

*updating, the tempeh was still good*

One more happiness I got from making tempe is I have Bule Customer! and so happy she likes my home made tempe! 

Yup I was showing off to all my fam and friends back in my country!

Thanks to my customers N keep ordering!

Be healthy!

Making small amount of home made Tempe ( Tempeh ) in a microwave

I got the info from a friend of mine who has tried making Tempe 

( Tempeh ) using microwave. 

Hmm quite interesting, especially if You wanna make it in small amount for your self. No need to boil it anymore. I used one cup over night soaked-soybeans for my own experiment.

How to process it?

This is the simple one pic of how making it 

The explanation is below, hope you can catch them up!

• Put the soaked-soybeans in a microwave safe container with enough water. *just over the soybeans* Set Microwave fresh cook if you have that option just as a friend of mine told her but I don't have it so I pushed vegetable and fresh veg button. *it didn't show how long so this time I made 40second*

• De-hulling it * remove the hulls* by squeezing it till all hulls fall off. Take the clean soybeans.

• Put it back to microwave with enough water to cover the soybeans, set 2min. *this is like the boiling part*

• Drain it

• Put it back into microwave for 1 min.  

• Prepare cookie pan or tray with paper towel on it. 

• Pour the soybeans over the pan. Paper towel will absorb the water that might still there. 

• Tap gently over the soybeans with another paper towel, till you see no more water left.

• Pour the starter as soon as it's cooling down. *still warm a little bit* Mix it well.

• Prepare Ziploc bag that's already been pocked with skewer. Make sure enough holes on each size. Spooned the soybeans carefully into Ziploc.

If you forgot to make holes, make holes as soon as you packed it

• Arrange in a cookie cooling racks. Cover it with small clean cloth *optional, it's to make faster in my opinion, been experimenting with n without*

• Store it in a warm temperature at least 65F. *I store it in my pantry*

It will take for about 26-30 hours till Tempeh done. Some more than 36 hours. Just take it out from the pantry. Let it cool and ready to be cooked in many ways.

The result

I made 5 bags of Tempeh on monday but one bag was processed in microwave to see whether it works or not. This is it! 

Good Luck!

Tempe in Banana leaves' package

Banana leaf as a food wrapper for Indonesian cuisine is quite common. Plenty of delicious food wrapped in banana leaf not to mention Tempe. We like with the leaves' package since the fragrant smells better some people said. Once it's cooked also taste differently. Especially if you have the Tempe fresh as well. 

I never thought that banana leaf is easy to find in FL, well frozen tho. Some stores may not have it or out of stock. So if I go shopping and see some, I grab. It's a treasurer for us, Indonesian. hahaha
Well you know frozen quality, the smell is quite different but better than nothing. Just make sure you thaw & clean it before using. 

I know it needs much work packaging Tempe with Banana leaf but being successful making Tempe so far, make me wanna try it and wanna feel just like in my country. *gaya*  

Some tempe makers shape the banana leaves into square,rectangle triangle, big, small, depends on how big the banana leaf I guess. Here I tried wrapping it into triangle and square package. This is the first time so I guess I'd better making it just small amount.

First time I came to USA and saw some banana trees were quite shocked tho hahahaha, never realize that FL has the same weather I guess with Jakarta, during spring, summer. So that's why some fruits, plants are alike, grow well.

I want to have fresh banana leaf if I make food but buying the tree and planting it wont guarantee to grow hahaha fortunately friend of my hubby has some of banana trees at his backyard,no fruit yet but plenty leaves n seems grow well. He gave us two and we planted them last 2years but one dead and the other is still small until now. I guess it won't grow well since I am not into gardening much. Glad I decided not to buy it huh. >_<

Filling the Tempe and locking it once it's full with toothpick carefully. 
I hope my Tempe is working! 

I let one pack ziploc as reference/indicator whether my Tempe is going to be good or not hahaha still not confident yet! since this is the first time making it with banana leaves. Always nervous when I make Tempe. 

Yay I made it! 

Here's the result

Alhamdulillah! 

Process of making Tempe (Tempeh) from scratch

This is my second time making Tempe. Guess i need to put it here the process of making it. 

I got Ready to Make Tempe Kit Starter

soy bean, ragi tempe, perforated ziploc

Ready to Make Tempe Kit Starter
contact this link
https://www.facebook.com/Mysree.Foods

Here are the steps for making it

1. Soak the soybean for 8hours in 6quarts of water

2. Rinse it. wash it till no more hulls, 
atleast 8times changing water.

after its clean, prepare the pot to boil the soybean. Add 2tbsp of vinegar ( After I have my own Tempe starter, I don't add vinegar anymore )

3. Boil for about 10-15 min. 
Remove some soybean hulls that are floating

4. Drain it well. 
*Put the cooked soybean on cookie pan or big tray that's covered with paper towel to absorb left over water, just to make sure its dry enough*

5. Pour the ragi *starter* and mix it thoroughly over the cooked soybean

6. Fill perforated ziploc half full. 
Arrange it on a cookie rack and store in pantry cover with sheet

Check after 24hours it should be foggy *warm with sweat*

its like condensation perhaps. 

Remove the sheet. 

 after this phase, around 10-12more hours 

you will see like this pic below

Its' Done!

Take it out from the pantry

Ready to be cooked as you like as soon as no more sweating 

 you can store the rest of it in freezer 

if you don't wanna cook right away. 

some links to cook tempe http://www.tempeh.info/recipes/recipes.php, http://www.cookinglight.com/food/vegetarian/tempeh-recipes-00412000072060/page9.html