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Miso
Fermenting soybeans with salt and koji produces miso, a Japanese seasoning paste with a deeply savory taste. Koji commonly uses Aspergillus oryzae grown on rice or barley, while some styles use soybean koji. Ingredients and fermentation time create substantial differences in color and texture. Written references to miso's predecessors appear in Japan's Nara period, following a longer East Asian hi...
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Tempeh
Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian food made by fermenting cooked whole soybeans with the mold Rhizopus oligosporus until they form a firm, compact cake bound together by white mycelium. It originated on the island of Java and has been documented in Indonesian cuisine since approximately the 16th century. The fermentation process partially breaks down proteins and antinutrients in the soybeans, im...
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