丹貝(tempeh)发源于东南亚的印度尼西亚,是一种大豆/豆类发酵食品,又名天培/天贝。
传统的做法是把煮熟脱皮的大豆加入根黴属(Rhizopus spp.)真菌,用香蕉叶包裹,室温(30C/85F)左右发酵36-48个小时,成白色饼状豆制品.可以用来烹调成多种不同的美食,是天然的肉类代替品。
丹贝的蛋白质和氨基酸含量很高,有素食者的肉类的美称,丹贝含有的游离氨基酸为总氨基酸含量的76%,是大豆发酵前的6倍。除此之外,维生素B12的含量也很高,是大豆发酵前的60倍左右。
真是营养好吃的食品,和豆腐/纳豆齐名喔!在欧美,丹贝也越来越受素食者的欢迎,一般的健康食品专卖店如 Whole food/Trader Joes 都有售卖丹贝或丹贝制作的素食品,也越来越多人开始自己在家制作丹贝罗!
前两天做了香浓好喝的豆浆,剩下的豆渣拿来做了丹贝。豆渣丹贝发酵很快, 大概24小时就发酵好了,做好的丹贝口感很绵密,味道非常好,真是变废成宝呢!
Tempeh/Tempe is a fermented soy bean product originally from Indonesia. It is traditionally made with cooked soy bean (shelled) naturally cultured/fermented with Rhizopus spp. wrapped in banana leaves, and leave it under Indonesia/Malaysia's tropic weather (30C/85F)for 36-48 hours.A white colour cake will form, and can be use to cook many delicious dishes, it is often used as meat analogue in some recipes too. It has gained more and more fame amongst vegetarian/vegan, so much so that people do start making it at home!

