BM# 68-Cooking Carnival: Day 19
Theme of Week 4: Bread based Street Foods
Dish: Vegetarian Doner Kebab
Today have a vegetarian version of Turkish meat based dish. It’s called Doner kebab and is typically made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie. This vegetarian version is made with thinly sliced homemade seitan. I have the seitan recipe at the end of the post.
I am least prepared with this week’s posts. I had a list of dishes that I wanted to make, but even that keeps changing because of lack of time. I had another pita bread based sandwich thought out for today, but then found this Vegan Doner kebab video and decided to try it instead. Doner Kebabs are quite popular in Turkey, Middle East and even in Europe.
My seitan kebabs are vegan but I put Greek yogurt on top, so it is only partially vegan. Homemade seitan is very easy to make if you have vital wheat gluten on hand. This steamed seitan recipe is from Viva Vegan cookbook and is very simple to make. If making it at home seems tedious, then use store bought seitan. I think tempeh would probably work well in this recipe.
Seitan is thinly sliced and marinated with onion and spices. This can be done an hour to 1 day in advance. The marinated seitan is cooked until golden, then served wrapped in a flatbread along with tomato, cucumber, lettuce and yogurt sauce.
I have never tried seitan before and I think you have introduced the most unusual ingredients in this series for me 🙂 This looks like something my husband would love.
looks lie a longish process, but yummy no doubt ! my husband keeps talking about this store in NYC / Manhattan which serves these yummy vegan / veg doner kebabs – will probably make this and surprise him :-)) Sietan— now thats something I will need a substitute for….
wow kudos.. and I totally agree with vegan and partial vegan. I do that often. I prepare it as vegan but towards the end either add ghee if its indian or some yogurt and make it partially vegan.. lol
Doner kebab sandwich is a filling. I didn’t know seitan can be easily made at home. Though I don’t use it much in my cooking, I have seen it a lot in the stores.
I have bought seitan wanting to explore it just as much as I use tofu. Unfortunately, it is just being used in whole wheat bread! This recipe is inspiring me to make something delicious. Your sandwich looks really delicious.
It looks like you share my list Pavani, you have covered all the dishes that I have been wanting to make..I had this on list when I was doing Kebab Mela..:)
Seitan is something I haven’t used in my kitchen like some of the whole ingredients you used in your salad series. This sandwich is wholesome and filling.
Gayathri Kumar
I once made seitan with wheat flour, but didn’t make it again. This kebab sandwich with seitan looks so great..
Priya
Seitan in doner kebab, thats absolutely incredible. Vegetarian doner kebab will definitely please anyone. Lovely.
harini-jaya
I have never tried seitan before and I think you have introduced the most unusual ingredients in this series for me 🙂 This looks like something my husband would love.
Kalyani
looks lie a longish process, but yummy no doubt ! my husband keeps talking about this store in NYC / Manhattan which serves these yummy vegan / veg doner kebabs – will probably make this and surprise him :-)) Sietan— now thats something I will need a substitute for….
srividhya
wow kudos.. and I totally agree with vegan and partial vegan. I do that often. I prepare it as vegan but towards the end either add ghee if its indian or some yogurt and make it partially vegan.. lol
usha
Doner kebab sandwich is a filling. I didn’t know seitan can be easily made at home. Though I don’t use it much in my cooking, I have seen it a lot in the stores.
Smruti Shah
I have bought seitan wanting to explore it just as much as I use tofu. Unfortunately, it is just being used in whole wheat bread! This recipe is inspiring me to make something delicious. Your sandwich looks really delicious.
Sowmya
A very inviting sandwich…lovely colour and looks so tasty
Archana
I have seen this sandwich a lot of times. But was always stumped at the seitan recipe, Bookmarking
Srivalli
It looks like you share my list Pavani, you have covered all the dishes that I have been wanting to make..I had this on list when I was doing Kebab Mela..:)
sapana
Vegetarian donar kebab sandwich looks very filling and must have tasted amazing.
Suma Gandlur
Seitan is something I haven’t used in my kitchen like some of the whole ingredients you used in your salad series. This sandwich is wholesome and filling.