Solid tofu made from thin soybean milk is sliced into slender blocks like kaku-mochi (rectangular rice cakes), which are then fried twice in hot oil, first at low temperature from 110 to 120 degrees centigrade and again at high temperature from 180 to 200 degrees centigrade, in order to make aburaage.
薄い豆乳で作った硬い豆腐を、角もち状に薄く切り、110℃から120℃の低温の油で揚げ、さらに180℃から200℃の高温の油で二度揚げしてつくる。