meat substitutes

[Unclefrank]

You could try Seitan

[DalPuri]

You could try Seitan

Never heard of that before. Certainly looks the part. 

[diverdil]

thanks for your ideas. will look into them

the reason i suggested quorn and tofu was for the marinading process. many vegetarians look for options other than yet more veggies

[Graham1]

Have you tried making Keema (but instead of mince meat, use minced soya) my wife made it last week and I have to say it was fantastic.  I'm a carnivore through and through, but I do like the pure minced soya (not quorn mince).

Graham
http://heeraspices.com

[bhuna1]

I have used quorn pieces in a lot of recipes from this site and it works fine.

[vindapoo]

you make a very good point. I really get fed up with the same old lamb/chiken all the time.

[Wickerman]

We're vegetarians and I mostly use Paneer & veg in my currys.
The veg being:Peas,sweetcorn,chickpeas,chopped spring onion and a few pinches of mustard and cumin seeds.
I start off by lightly deep-frying the paneer then  set it to one side,while boiling the veg for 5 minutes.
Just before I cook the main curry,I then take a frying pan and cook the Paneer ,veg and add a  sprinkling of spice mix/curry powder.
Cooked Paneer soon goes hard after it's been cooked,so it's best used immediately in the curry after the final fry.

I've tried so many variations of veg,quorn,tofu etc, over the years,but this is the one I'm sticking too.

[Gav Iscon]

Have you tried making Keema (but instead of mince meat, use minced soya) my wife made it last week and I have to say it was fantastic.  I'm a carnivore through and through, but I do like the pure minced soya (not quorn mince).

Graham
http://heeraspices.com

I love Keema Aloo with peas (takes me back to my childhood days but with curry) so I'll have to give the soya one a go. Do you use just regular soya mince like TRS do or do you use the Beanfeast stuff.

[Wickerman]

i tried quorn chicken style pieces but i cooked it first in a mix and it fell to pieces.

any ideas or should i just force them all to eat meat!!!!

Hi diverdil .
It's best to add the Quorn to the curry at the final five minutes of cooking.
Prep the Quorn beforehand by -lightly frying in oil and some spice mix.

I never bother with Tofu;it's a bugger to marinade,but if you're keen on giving it a go my advise would to be freeze the tofu in advance.
Freezing changes the structure of the tofu,making it firmer and allowing more water to be squeezed out thus allowing  flavours/marinades to be absorbed easier.