What is "okara"

n. a food made from soybean pulp; a by-product of soy milk production

Okara, soy pulp, or tofu dreg is a pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the soybean which remains after pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk and tofu. It is generally white or yellowish in color. It is part of the traditional cuisines of Japan, Korea, and China, and since the 20th century has also been used in the vegetarian cuisines of Western nations.

Okara is the oldest of three basic types of soy fiber. The other two are soy bran (finely ground soybean hulls), and soy cotyledon/isolate fiber (the fiber that remains after making isolated soy protein, also called "soy protein isolate").

Okara can have several meanings:

• Okara District, Pakistan
• Okara, Pakistan, capital of the district
• Okara Cantonment, adjacent to Okara city
• Okara Tehsil
• Okara (food)
• Gabriel Okara (born 1921), Nigerian writer
• Okara Park, a sports stadium in New Zealand