vegan protein<\/a> too.<\/p>\nGood, Old-Fashioned Vegetables<\/h3>\n
Given that paneer is off the menu for vegans when it comes to curries, why not just pile a load of your favourite vegetables into the dish instead? As well as being unquestionably vegan, they are going to provide a lot more nutrients, and less fat and calories than paneer.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a good idea to stick to vegetables that won\u2019t completely disintegrate into the sauce (although such veg can be used to thicken the sauce if you want) and that have a bit of bulk and\/or which readily soak up the spicy flavours. Our favourite vegetable additions to curries include potatoes, lentils, onions, chickpeas, spinach, peas, mushrooms and cauliflower.<\/p>\n
Can I Make My Own Vegan Paneer?<\/h2>\n
The short answer is, yes, you can indeed create your own vegan-friendly paneer alternative. There are various recipes dotted around that suggest making a vegan paneer-type substance using cashew nuts or all manner of other options. The thing is, the cost (and effort) to benefit ratio doesn\u2019t seem all that good to us.<\/p>\n
You might end up producing a decent enough vegan alternative to paneer, but if you take into account the time spent and the cost of the ingredients, might you have been better simply purchasing a block of firm tofu? We think so, especially as such vegan versions of paneer are far from exact replicas of the normal\u201d cheese. If tofu doesn\u2019t take your fancy, why not just go for the vegetable option<\/p>\n
Paneer Conclusions<\/h2>\n
As we have seen, paneer is cheese, made from cow or buffalo milk and hence it is not vegan. As we have also explained, there are numerous excellent vegan-friendly alternatives to paneer so curry-loving vegans need not miss out on their spicy hit of plant-based goodness.<\/p>\n
If eating out at a curry restaurant, it\u2019s always worth asking if they use ghee to cook with, and \u2013 if so \u2013 whether they would be okay using vegetable oil for your dishes. But when you are making your own curries, we\u2019d usually opt for tofu as a very good alternative to paneer, so get stuck in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4717,"template":"","tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan\/4714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/is_it_vegan"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan\/4714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4719,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/is_it_vegan\/4714\/revisions\/4719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.veganfriendly.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}