Okara or soy pulp is a white or yellowish pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the soybean which remain in the filter sack when pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk. It is low in fat, high in fiber, and also contains protein, calcium, iron, and riboflavin. 漢字 hànzì, hanja, kanji… in Traditional Chinese and other languages. ... Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Category Hiragana (平仮名 literally smooth kana) are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are katakana, kanji and rōmaji). ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Rōmaji ローマ字 Category Rōmaji (ローマ字 Roman characters, sometimes misunderstood as romanji in English), is a Japanese... Hangul (hangul: 한글; revised: hangeul; McCune-Reischauer: hangŭl) is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the Hanja system borrowed from China. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... Binomial name Glycine max Merr. ... The term filter may refer to: A device to separate mixtures. ... Soy milk Soy milk (also called soymilk, soya milk, soybean milk, soy bean milk, or soy drink) is a milk-like product made from soybeans Soy milk originated in Eastern Asia, China, a region where the soybean was native and used as food long before the existence of written records. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... General Name, Symbol, Number calcium, Ca, 20 Chemical series alkaline earth metals Group, Period, Block 2, 4, s Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 40. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Atomic mass 55. ... Riboflavin (E101), also known as vitamin B2 or vitamin G, is an easily absorbed, water-soluble micronutrient with a key role in maintaining human health. ...

Okara contains 76 to 80% moisture, 20 to 24% solids and 3.5 to 4.0% protein. On a dry weight basis okara contains 24% protein, 8 to 15% fats,and 12 to 14.5% crude fiber. It contains 17% of the protein from the original soybeans.

While relatively flavourless when eaten on its own, it can be used in stews such as the Korean biji-jjigae, or in porridges, or as a taste neutral addition to bread and pastry doughs. In Japan it is used in a side dish called unohana (卯の花), which consists of okara cooked with soy sauce, mirin, sliced carrots, burdock root and shiitake mushrooms. Soy sauce (US) or soya sauce is a fermented sauce made from soybeans (soya beans), roasted grain, water and salt. ... Mirin (味醂) is an essential condiment of the Japanese cuisine with a slightly sweet taste. ... Binomial name Daucus carota A carrot (Daucus Carota) is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Species Burdock, refers to any of a group of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium, family Asteraceae. ... Shiitake mushroom lentinus edodes (=lentinula edodes) Shiitake mushrooms (椎茸) are an edible mushroom typically cultivated on the shii tree (Pasania cuspidata--a relative of the oak). ...

However, as a significant byproduct in soy milk and tofu manufacturing, soy pulp is commonly used as animal feed in since its production usually exceeds demands for human consumption. For this reason, it is not uncommon for tofu and soymilk factories to be located in close proximity to animal farms in many Asian countires. In western countries, soy pulp is used almost exclusively for the production of pig and cattle fee Tofu, sometimes also called doufu or bean curd, is a food made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. ... Species Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus domesticus Sus heureni Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus Pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family. ... Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ...

Okara is the raw material for a "novel" new textile fiber and although it differs from Henry Fords's 1930s "soy silk" in not being pure soy protein it has nevertheless been given the moniker soy silk(See below). It is made in India as a spin-off of tofu production in neighboring countries.

References

Tofu & Soymilk Production.1979. Volume 2: The Book of Tofu. William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi.

External links

• The Okara Cookbook
• Soy Silk [1]

• Soy Silk and Ingeo Corn Fiber [2]

• A yarn made from soy silk [3]