Indonesian (?) soybean cake recipe??

[Joebob]

Many years ago we ate delicious triangles of what must have been soybeans cooked in coconut milk and God only knows what other ingredients, poured into a 9"X9" pan to a depth of 1.5" or so, and baked until it solidified when cooled. They were produced by a mom-and-pop grocery in Pasadena, CA. Does ANYONE know what I'm writing about and have a recipe for it?

[buttertart]

This sounds like a homemade version of tempeh perhaps? Lots of recipes out there for it.

[Joebob]

THANKS buttertart. I knew nothing about tempeh. A search did turn up many mixed messages including this quote calling tempeh "the lutefisk of vegetarian foodstuffs". Guess I'll do more research.

[buttertart]

If you liked what they made you'll probably like it. I love all things soybean except natto. BTW there are a lot of excellent recipes for tempeh and other less run-of-the-mill foodstuffs in Madhur Jaffrey's World of the East Vegetarian Cooking - came out in the early 80's but is still in print, I believe.