Soybean custard (tau fu fa)

Ingredients

• 1 liter soy milk
• 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon gypsum powder
• 1/4 cup water

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Preparation

• Boil soy milk. Remove any bubbles.
• Mix gypsum powder, cornstarch and water together. Mix well.
• Pour the hot soy milk and gypsum mix together into a large bowl. Give it a real quick stir.
• Then cover with wet cheesecloth and cover. Let it sit for 1 hour without moving it.
• Serve the custard with sugar syrup.
• Sugar syrup:
  1 cup water with 1 slab brown sugar. Boil until slightly thicken. (optional: add a couple slice of ginger if you want ginger taste.).
• Microwave the custard for a super hot dessert. It's so smooth that it'll slip down your throat before you know it.