Recipe #116 Homemade Seitan

Start by using

• 800 gr of plain flour
• 450 ml Water

Knead the flour and water into a firm dough. Cover this with water and let rest for 30 min - to up to a couple of hours. 

Drain the water, it will be white, and knead again. You'll see white water coming out of the dough, this is starch. Repeat this process under running water and over a sifter until the dough is small, firm and sticky, at this point the water should be clear and not white anymore. It will take a while, maybe 30-40x rinses until it's like this

Now add the seasoning:

• 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons of oregano
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1 teaspoon of black pepper
• 2 teaspoons of hot paprika (or smoked paprika)
• 2 teaspoons of garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon of cumin

Knead everything together. Add 

• 1 tablespoon of nutritional yeast 
• 1 tablespoons of gram flour 

Knead everything either into a "meat" loaf, burgers or into small "meatballs". Leave the seitan in the marinade for about 30 min-1 h before cooking it.

Here I chose to make meatballs:

Then heat water in a saucepan, around a litre, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and a stock cube. When this is boiling place turn the heat down to medium and put the meatballs carefully in.

(Terrible picture sorry!)

After around 30 minutes (or 2-3h if you prefer to use a slow cooker - temperature: high) scoop them out to cool down and use in any recipe that requires meatballs, such as tomato sauce and pasta!

With 800gr of plain flour I got 195gr seitan and ended up with 9-10 meatballs. It's enough to feed 3 - 4 people depending on the end recipe you'll use them in. It's a very cheap meal !