Buddhist cuisine
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Buddhist cuisine is an Asian cuisine that is followed by monks and many believers from areas historically influenced by Mahayana Buddhism. It is vegetarian or vegan, and it is based on the Dharmic con
A vegetarian restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, serving Buddhist cuisine in buffet style
Shōjin-ryōri served at Mount Koya, Japan
Vegetarian dishes at a Buddhist restaurant in Ho Chi Minh city
Seitan
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Seitan is a food made from gluten, the main protein of wheat. It is also known as miànjīn, fu, milgogi, mì căn, wheat meat, gluten meat, or simply gluten.
Buddhist cuisine
…as in the context of a tea ceremony in the Zen tradition. Buddhist vegetarian chefs have become extremely creative in imitating meat using prepared wheat gluten, also known as seitan, kao fu (烤麸) or wheat meat, soy (such as tofu or tempeh), agar, konnyaku and other plant products. Some of their recipes are the…
Slices of roasted seitan
Commercially packaged seitan
Fried seitan
Seitan (gluten) pan-fried