Producer: Mehak Pal Editor: Nisha Dubey
Are you looking for some plant-based meat substitutes in an Indian kitchen? Here are the top 10 plant-based meat substitutes you can include in your meals.
Raw Jackfruit Jackfruit can be used to replace the taste of meat. You can shred the raw jack fruit fibres and cook them with spices.
Dehydrated Mushrooms Dehydrated mushrooms taste similar to the pork. They can be added to Asian delicacies like fried rice, ramen, or stir-fries.
Tofu You can use tofu in place of paneer. Make vertical gnashes on a thin tofu block. Wrap it in nori seaweed sheets and deep fry. Add soy sauce and vinegar and sprinkle some sesame seeds.
Raw Banana Cut thin slices of raw banana and marinate them in a mix of gram flour, chilli powder, turmeric powder, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Mix some semolina, and rice flour with water and marinate the banana slices. Fry them in oil.
Soya Chunks Deep fry soaked and rinsed soya chunks along with chillies, garlic, pepper, and onion. Blend them to form a paste. It will taste similar to your standard fish paste.
Chickpeas Soak and rinse chickpeas and grind them in a grinder along with soy sauce. Knead it well to make a dough. Now, make a cylindrical form of the dough and knot it. Boil the knotted dough and once it is cooked, shred it into pieces. Cook these pieces with spices.
Brinjal Thinly slice brinjal and marinate these slices with paprika, oregano, garlic powder, and onion powder. Now, coat this in chickpea flour and bread crumbs. Deep fry them.
Green peas Mashed green peas make an excellent meat substitute. It is perfect for making burger patties and sausages.
Arbi You can use arbi as a meat substitute. You can prepare a dry sabzi by cooking it with mustard oil and spices.
Jimikand Cut yams into chunks, boil them, and then grind them with spices. Shape them in the form of meatballs and deep fry them in oil.