Homemade Seitan Recipe

Homemade Seitan Recipe

Ingredients:

Wheat flour - 4 cups
Salt - 2 tsp
Water as needed

For Stock:
Water as needed
Salt to taste
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Fennel Seeds - 1 tsp
Cinnamon - 1 piece
Vegetable Stock Cube - 1

Method:

Take wheat flour, salt and water in a bowl and knead to a stiff dough. Now cover it with water and let it sit for 1 hour.

Now knead it well and get rid off all the starch. it will be easy if you do this under a sink. Keep straining the water and add fresh water and knead it well. The portion will get much smaller. But keep doing this till the water runs almost clear.

You can easily do this if you use a strainer and keep the water flowing.

Now what you will be left is the gluten. Now strain this and cut it into pieces.

Now take veg stock and all ingredients in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil. Once it boils, add seitan and cook for 20 mins or so.

Now drain this and store it in a air tight container.

You can use this in stir fries, curries and grill them. This stay good for a week in fridge.

Pictorial:

Take wheat flour in a bowl

add salt

add water

make a stiff dough

cover with water and let it sit for 1 hour

now lets make seitan

massage the dough inside the bowl and get rid of all the starch from it

keep kneading it

now throw away the liquid

now add some more water

and repeat the same massaging process

repeat this process

you will see that the dough gets smaller

it is just okay, you are getting the starch off from it, you have to continue this till the water runs almost clear

your will get kind of stringy dough

now drain this..this is puree gluten

use a knife or scissor to cut as per your required shape

like this

Now take veg stock or water in a sauce pan add whatever vegetables or spices you want

add salt and bring it to a boil

add seitan in this

cook for 20 mins or so

this is hot is looks

i let the water almost evaporate

drain it