Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
82 words
- A visitor went to meet a family there.
- The family lives in a small traditional house.
- They made water tofu together that morning.
- Women and men worked together on the task.
- They soaked ingredients overnight to soften them.
- They ground the ingredients twice to make a paste.
- They pressed the paste through cloth to get liquid.
- They heated the liquid and added a coagulant.
- Curds formed, and a thin skin appeared on top.
- They pressed curds into blocks and saved the tofu.
Difficult words
- visitor — A person who comes to see others
- traditional — From the past and part of culture
- soak — To leave something in water to softensoaked
- grind — To make small pieces by crushingground
- paste — A thick soft mixture of food
- coagulant — A substance that makes liquid become solid
- curd — Solid part that forms in a heated liquidCurds
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Discussion questions
- Do you like tofu?
- Have you ever cooked with other people?
- Do you soak ingredients before cooking?
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