GENERIC "MODEL RECIPE"

Ingredients:
• 1 litre of water
• 80g to 100g of organic soybeans
• 1 tablespoon of sweetener (e.g. stevia, dates etc)
• Pinch of salt (optional)
Water temperature: room temperature water should
be used.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Soak the soybeans overnight. Remove water on the
following day.
2. Discard the soaking water and boil soya for an
hour (with the lid on) or for 25 minutes if using a
pressure cooking (in this case, you need to discard the
soaking water too).
3. Fill the container with 1 litre of water. Place the
filter in the container and add the soy beans, sweete-
ner and salt in the filter.
4. Blend for 1 or 2 minutes with the hand blender.
5. Filter the milk with the aid of the mortar.
6. In order to enhance the absorption of nutrients,
and to make the soy milk easier to digest, gently cook the milk in a saucepan over a low
heat for 15 minutes*.
7. Let it cool and store in the fridge. Soy milk has a longer shelf life than most other fresh
plant milks, and, when kept in the fridge, it can last about a week.
In order to make the recipe easier and if you want to avoid the cooking process (step 5), the
same amount of soy can be used (80g), but instead of raw soybeans, use either the pre-
cooked or the textured type. In this case, soak the soy for only 15 minutes in the filter itself
after filling it with water and then blend. However, soy milk made this way is not as tasty
and it will not have the same creamy texture as that of boiled soy milk.
*Instead of boiling the soymilk, you can boil the soybeans for 15 minutes in water after soaking.
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 VARIANTS

Soy milk with cocoa and orange

Add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder, 1 tablespoon
of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of syrup and some
orange zest to the soy beans and blend.

Soy milk with vanilla and dates

Add among the ingredients 1 tablespoon of
organic vanilla powder or 1 vanilla pod (5 cm)
along with 7 pitted dates to the soy beans and
blend.

REUSING THE PULP

Below is a recipe from our Malaysian
contributor and well-regarded yoga teacher
Maizan Ahern, who knows the traditional
culture involving the uses of Okara.

SOY MILK WITH VANILLA & DATES

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HOMEMADE VEGAN MILK HANDBOOK