Patent ID: 7338682

Claim:
A process for preparing a coagulate composition comprising konnyaku and a bean curd, comprising: (i) adding powdered konnyaku raw material to water by stirring thus forming a konnyaku-water paste containing 3-4% by mass konnyaku solids and having a viscosity ranging between 1,500 to 6,000 cp at 24° C., (ii) uniformly mixing 10-80% by mass of a ground bean curd product with 20-90% by mass of said konnyaku-water paste from step (i), 1 to 3 minutes after the addition of the powdered konnyaku raw materials to water in step (i), thus forming a smooth and creamy konnyaku-bean curd mixture which contains no air bubbles, in which the konnyaku-water paste of step (i) is uniformly mixed with the bean curd ground product, (iii) adding an alkali coagulant to the uniformly mixed konnyaku-bean curd mixture resulting from step (ii) to bring the pH of said konnyaku-bean curd mixture within the range of 10.5 to 11.4, and (iv) heating the mixture resulting from step (iii) at a temperature in the range of 78 to 83° C. to form a smooth and creamy coagulated konnyaku-bean curd composition which contains no air bubbles, in which the konnyaku-water paste is uniformly mixed with the bean curd around product; wherein the size distribution of the ground bean curd product is that 10% or less by mass cannot pass through a 0.5 mm mesh (Sieve No. 35) and 50% or more by mass of the ground bean curd product can pass through a 0.075 mm mesh (Sieve No. 200).