Seitan

Ingredients:

For Seitan:

Wheat Flour-250gm

Red chilly Powder-1/2tsp

Coriander Powder-1/2tsp

Garam masala Powder-1/2tsp

Salt-to taste

Water-3/4cup

For the poaching liquid:

Water-8cups

Onion-1no

Garlic-3pods

Raddish-1

Tomato (grind to a fine paste)-3

Bay leaf-1

Cinnamon-1stick

Cabbage-1/4cup

Salt-to taste

For the tomato sauce:

Tomato-4

Garlic-2 pods

Red Chilly powder-1/2tsp

Coriander powder-1/2tsp

Oil-3tbs

Clove-2

Salt-to taste

 Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients given for sietan to a firm dough.
2. Let it rest for 1 hour.
3. In a wide bowl take water. Keep a strainer into the water.
4. Drop the dough into the strainer and start washing it.
5. The starch will be separated from the dough and the water will become milky.
6. Change water and repeat process till the water becomes white.
7. Again change water and repeat process until the gluten is completely separated from the starch.
8. In a white cloth place the gluten and roll the cloth and tie the ends. Keep it a little loose because the sietan expands when poaching.
9. In a rice cooker add all the ingredients given for poaching liquid.
10. Let it boil for 45minutes.
11. Place the cloth roll inside the liquid and let it boil for 1 hour.
12. The seitan will become hard to touch.
13. Remove from liquid and let it cool.
14. Remove seitan from cloth and make thin slices.
15. In a pan heat oil and add cloves and tomatoes.
16. Saute till the tomatoes are mashed.
17. Add salt, red chilly and coriander powder.
18. Cook till the raw smell vanishes.
19. Grind it to a fine paste.
20. Serve with the poached seitans.