一度セイタンを手作りしたら、思ったよりおいしくて、肉食のラアナンですら「おいしい！」とパクパク食べていたくらい。また作りたいなと思いつつ、セイタン作りはかなり大変。グルテン粉というのが手に入れば、かなり簡単に作れるらしいのですが、探せど探せど見つからず。。そのかわり出来合いのセイタンは手に入ります。すでに味付けされてるやつです。オーガニック日本食材をドイツで展開してるお気に入りのメーカーARCHEがセイタンを出したので、試してみようと思いつつ、味付けされてるってとこがなんとなく怖くて（日本人向けじゃないかもっていう）買えないでいたところ、今日はどうしてもカツみたいなものが食べたくなって、セイタン作ってる時間もないしってことで買いました。


動物性のものをほとんど食べなくなってから、野菜や穀物をたくさん使った料理が楽しくなったのですが、時々「今日は何も作りたいものが思いつかない」て日があります。そんな時、肉か魚があれば、適当に炒めたり煮込んだりして１品になってた頃が懐かしいです。なにかメイン的なものを作らないと、て意識も常にあるからなのですが。そんな時、このセイタンはとても便利。豆腐に飽きた時にもいい。ま、豆腐の活用法は無限大ですけれど。昨日ラザニアに豆腐を使ったら、これがうまくいった！（それは明日にでも）

Raanan's

There is a small change today. Something in the air i guess... The picture you see above is what we actually ate today. So far, looks like a regular Berlin evening. But, no! This time, something is different... And the difference is... that This time i cooked it! Wow... Exctiting! Today, i allowed rie to rest from her hard day (Let's settle on semi hard) and cooked what she wanted. And she wanted Katsu Curry.
The japanese word "Katsu" is coming from the english word cutlet, which is a piece of meat. It is usually made with pork or chicken schnitzel and japanese curry. But, for some reason, we didn't have those two ingridients. So we used english curry and Seitan. Ok. English curry we all know, but, what is seitan??
Well, seitan is fake meat. It's fake meat made of wheat gluten. It is also (surprisingly) called "wheat gluten". You can make it (Rie did once, was super tasty), or buy it, of course. It's easier to buy, btw.
So, this Seitan is perfect for making good looking schitzels, who don't taste to bad either! The one we got was marinated in soy sauce, so it was also a little extra salty, but not too much. If you want to make a vegan schnitzel, this is the best method. But then, you probably ask (and if you don't, you will ask now) - How do you make a vegan schnitzel, without egg? Well, in this case, rie found the answer - Mix the flour with water, instead of egg. So, just two phases instead of the classic three - Water and flour, and then breadcrumbs.
I wanna talk a little about breadcrumbs. The austrian are very famous for their Wiener Schnitzel, which was stolen (borowed?) by the germans. You would expect, they would have here the best breadcrumbs in the world! But.... There's something missing in their breadcrumbs! Some taste, i guess. I don't know what they do with the wiener schnitzel, but it's impossible they use what is offered in the stores here. If you want good breadcrumbs, go to Israel!!
So, about the sauce, it's pretty simple : 1 carrot, 1/2 pumpkin, mushrooms, 2 small onions and garlic (we added ginger, but only if you like...).
Fry the onions and garlic, add the mushrooms and carrots after the onion is clear, and then after a little while, add water. add enough water to cover everything, but not too much (you want it to be a sauce! not soup). Afterwards, add the pumpkin and let it cook for 10-20 minutes.
Afterwards, add curry. It depends how much you like curry (I know my sister doesn't like it at all, for example), but add enough. A spoon or two. At least. We also added Millet, or specifically "Mochi Kibi". Very healthy!! Afterwards, just let it cook a bit, and yalla, go eat. Put the schnitzel next to it...

Happy birthday Kiyu!!!

Have fun, have a peaceful saturday

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