Ginger milk curd
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| Alternative names | Ginger-juice milk curd, ginger milk pudding, ginger milk |
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| Type | Pastry |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | China |
| Region or state | Shunde |
| Main ingredients | Ginger, milk, sugar |
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| Traditional Chinese | 薑汁撞奶 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 姜汁撞奶 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ginger collides with milk | ||||||||||
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Ginger milk curd, also known as ginger-juice milk curd, ginger milk pudding or simply ginger milk, is a Chinese hot dessert originated in Shunde District, Guangzhou in the Guangdong Province in southern China. The main ingredients are ginger, milk, and sugar.[1] Water buffalo milk is used in the original recipe.
Method of preparation
First, cut a piece of old ginger into small pieces and grind the ginger to fine. Then, squeeze the juice out by pressing the ginger through a sieve. Put the juice into a bowl. Next, bring the milk to a boil and dissolve sugar in milk. Take off heat and allow it to cool a little. If you have a kitchen thermometer, place your kitchen thermometer into the milk. The optimum curdling temperature is 70 °C (158 °F).[2] In the mean time, stir the ginger juice thoroughly. When milk temperature decreases to around 75-70 °C, pour the milk quickly into the middle of the ginger juice. Wait for two to three minutes. The milk will then be curdled, and may be eaten with a spoon.
Underlying biochemical principle
The most important part of the ginger in ginger milk curd is the ginger protease zingipain. This substance with molecular weight of 31kDa is found with three forms of isoelectric point values around 5.58, 5.40, and 5.22, respectively. The three forms have very similar biochemical behavior, where the optimal proteolytic activity is from 40 °C-60 °C and maximum clotting activity at 70 °C.[3]
Milk is a substance mainly consist of milk fat globules and casein micelles in a continuous phase of water, sugar, whey protein and minerals. Casein micelle consist of mainly α(s1)-casein, α(s2)-casein, ß-casein, and κ-casein. Where hydrophobic α and ß-casein are in the inner sub-micelle and hydrophilic κ-casein in the outer part.
When the milk starts curdling, the curds are small, but as coagulation increases, curd size increases until the milk ends up with a tofu-like structure. [4] When the curdling occurs, the ginger protease cuts open the κ-casein so that the hydrophilic C-terminus and the hydrophobic N-terminus separate. This disrupts the stability of the casein micelle. In the hydrophobic effect, the hydrophobic casein coagulates.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Ginger Milk Pudding, a Natural Custard". tastehongkong.com. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
- ^ "Ginger Milk Pudding". marecipes.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Huang, X.W.; Chen, L.J.; Luo, Y.B.; Guo, H.Y.; Ren, F.Z. "Erratum to "Purification, characterization, and milk coagulating properties of ginger proteases" (J. Dairy Sci. 94:2259–2269)". Journal of Dairy Science. 94 (8). doi:10.3168/jds.2011-94-8-4242.
- ^ Zeng J-chao (2008) Discussion on the Mechanism of Curd with Ginger Juice. Thesis
- ^ Zhang P (1999) Study on Milk Clotting of Ginger juice . China Dairy Industry 27:17–19.
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