After trying my new beef-style seitan recipe you won’t buy packaged vegan deli slices anymore! This seitan is way much cheaper but so delicious! It is seasoned just right to have it in a sandwich and not too much to throw it in dishes where meat eaters would usually use beef.
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Vegan Khoresh Rivas (Persian Rhubarb Stew)
I never tried rhubarb in savory recipes. It is amazing in pies, muffins and sweet dumplings. But actually it is a vegetable so I wanted to try it in a different way. Looking online I found plenty recipes of Persian rhubarb stew, all made with meat. Only replacing meat with soya chunks or textured vegetable…
Seitan in Thai Red Curry Sauce
Recently I’m getting bored with tofu in curries and stir-fries. Plus I wanted to serve something “meaty” for my omnivorous guests. I decided to make seitan and spice it up to mask any weird flavors that a non-vegan person could taste. So I ended up with this seitan in Thai red curry sauce and everybody…
Vegan bratwurst with braised purple cabbage
If you are like me craving savory homemade seitan then this vegan bratwurst is for you. These grilled beer sausages are perfect with sweet and sour braised purple cabbage. Check my recipe of homemade chicken-style seitan for more pictures. The process of making is the same but the texture is a bit different. The vegan…
Goan Ros (Yellow split peas curry with soya chunks)
Today I’m making curry again Goan Ros. Goan Chana Ros is white peas cooked in curry coconut gravy. I made it with yellow split peas because I have plenty at home and I wanted to use it for a long time. Soya chunks (or TVP) make it meaty and filling, but you can totally skip it….
Vegan pelmeni (Russian seitan dumplings)
For quite a long time it was my idea fix – to make vegan pelmeni that taste just like a real thing. Pelmeni are basically Russian meat dumplings. The ingredients are pretty simple: mince, onion, salt and black pepper. Instead of meat I used ground seitan and I spiced it up just enough to make…
Vegan butter chicken
I must say I never tried real butter chicken. But the popularity of this dish makes me super curious. So curious that I went through the trouble of making my own chicken-style seitan. And my own vegan butter chicken without any meat or butter. The sauce is silky and creamy, the spices are perfectly balanced….
Homemade chicken-style seitan
I’m going to share with you the recipe of amazing firm chicken-style seitan. It is not rubbery or spongy. This seitan has even texture with small gluten streaks. To reach this texture you have to work a bit harder than usual. These nice streaks will develop only after quite long and aggressive kneading. The base…
Vegan plov (Rice pilaf)
Originated in ancient India plov (or pilaf) is a traditional dish of Central Asia. It is highly popular in post-Soviet countries, especially the Uzbek-style plov. As a kid I ate a lot of it. Although meat is a key ingredient in plov I did veganize it without losing its authentic flavor. The recipe is pretty…