BM# 68-Cooking Carnival: Day 19
Theme of Week 4: Bread based Street Foods
Dish: Vegetarian Doner Kebab
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.
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.
Vegetarian Doner Kebab
Vegetarian Doner Kebab recipe -- this is a popular Turkish meat based kebab. In this vegetarian version, kebab is made with homemade seitan (recipe included) and then sandwiched in a pita pocket with fresh veggies.
Ingredients
For Doner Kebabs:
For the Sandwich:
Yogurt-Tahini Sauce:
Steps
- Pulse the onions in a food processor or blender into a mush. Remove into a bowl and add lemon juice and olive oil. Mix well.
- Next add all the dry spices (from ground cumin through salt in the ingredient list) and mix well. This is the marinade for the seitan.
- Place the thinly sliced seitan in the marinade and set aside for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- Heat 2tbsp oil in a skillet, add the marinated seitan and cook till nicely golden on both sides.
Make Doner Kebebs:
- Combine all the ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl. Add a splash of water to make the sauce pourable. Set aside until ready to sue.
Make Yogurt-Tahini Sauce:
- Cut a little bit of the top of the pita bread and open up the pocket to make space for the fillings.
- Place the doner kebab slices, tomato, cucumber, lettuce in the pocket and drizzle with some yogurt sauce. Serve right away.
Make Sandwich:
Steamed Seitan Recipe
Vegetarian Doner Kebab recipe -- this is a popular Turkish meat based kebab. In this vegetarian version, kebab is made with homemade seitan (recipe included) and then sandwiched in a pita pocket with fresh veggies.
Ingredients
Steps
- In a measuring cup, whisk together the broth, garlic, soy sauce, tomato paste and olive oil.
- In a large bowl, combine vital wheat gluten, chickpea flour, nutritional yeast, oregano and cumin. Pour the liquid ingredients in the center and stir with a spatula until the dough starts to leave the sides of the bowl. Knead the dough for 2~3 minutes to develop the gluten.
- Let the dough rest for 10 minutes; knead again for 30 seconds.
- Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces using a sharp knife and lightly knead each piece a few times.
- Place the dough in the center of a 12″ square aluminum foil. Fold the sides of the foil over the dough, then fold over the ends. The foil should be secure but there should be some loose space around the dough to all the dough to expand after steaming. Repeat with the other piece of dough.
- Place the wrapped dough in a steamer basket and steam for 30 minutes. Allow the dough to cool to the touch before chilling in the fridge for an hour or overnight.
- Seitan can be stored in the fridge, tightly sealed in a ziploc back or airtight container for 2 weeks or it can be frozen for longer storage.
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.