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Pure Soya Milk

Asian Gluten-free No-added-salt Vegetarian No-added-egg Dairy-free

Ingredients

300 g Soya Beans (try using organic ones and non-GMO grains)
8-10 leaves of pandan leaves
3 litres of clean tap water
Desired amount of rock sugar

Stove or oven method:

Prep your soya beans by soaking the beans in clean tap water overnight to soften them.

The next day, drain the soaked soya beans and rinse.

Wash the pandan leaves thoroughly. Slit or cut each leaf at the centre into 2 halves. Using a handful of leaves each time, bundle them up into knots.

Fill your food processor up to 3/4 full with the beans.

Pour the water into the blender until the jug is about 3/4 full.

Start blending for about 40-50 seconds.

Pour out the blended milk into a metal pot lined with a filter or sift. Then pour more clean water into the blender's jug, this time filling it to about 1/3 full. Blend the soya pulp for another 10-15 seconds. Pour out the milk and throw away the pulp.

Repeat until all the beans are blended. Sift all the milk in the pot one more time.

Boil the sifted milk at medium heat, adding in the bundled pandan leaves.

Once the milk starts to bubble, lower the heat to low and continue to brew for about 20 minutes till the pandan leaves turn yellowish.

Add rock sugar to taste, then serve warm.