Report Text about Soya Bean

TEMPE

               Who doesn't know tempe? Tempe is a kind of traditional food from Indonesia which made from fermented soy beans and mixed with yeast. It's very popular food in Indonesia because the price of tempe are so cheap and almost everyone consume it everyday. 

                Nowadays, tempe are not only consume widely in Indonesia but also has consumed worldwide. Many vegetarians around the world are using tempe as a meat substitute. This inexpensive food is contain of many good nutrients for human body. A piece of fried tempe or about 50grams is sufficient to improve the nutritional quality of 200grams of rice and it's good enough to be consumed by children under five. 

                 Tempe also contain of antioxidant in isoflavones form. Isoflavone is a kind of antioxidants which is needed by the human body to stop the reaction of free radical formation. A scientific research said that tempe also can overcome the ulcer disease. The protein that contained in tempe is ready to absorbed the body because it has been digested first by the mold ( fungi ) and that make it easier for the stomach to digest.

 

 

 

 

                 Beside the health value that we can get from consumption of tempe, we also can enjoy tempe into a delicious menu. In Indonesia there are so many various food that made from tempe. The simple one is fried tempe, or we can make it into another traditional foods of Indonesia such as tempe bacem, orak arik tempe, etc. It's also can make into such a yummy snack like chips called keripik tempe. Not only made as a tasty traditional food but also can make as a modern food like tempe burger. we just replace the bread for the burger with tempe, sounds interesting and nice to try, isn't it?