seitan

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Definition von seitan im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Wheat gluten

a chewy, meatlike, high-protein food made from boiled or baked wheat gluten

Wheat gluten cooked in tamari soy sauce, kombu, and water A good substitute for meat

– A whole wheat product cooked in shoyu, kombu and water Used for stews, croquettes, etc Also known as wheat gluten or wheat meat

Wheat gluten cooked in tamari, kombu, and water Seitan can be made at home or purchased ready-made at many natural food stores Many people use it as a meat substitute

{i} product made of kneaded boiled gluten that resembles meat and is used as a meat alternative in cooking

Etymologie

() A neologism of Japanese origin, seitan is the name used to refer to wheat gluten in the macrobiotic system of cooking and health, as formulated by the Japanese-born philosopher George Ohsawa (1893–1966). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it is said to have been coined by Ohsawa in the early 1960s, but its etymology is uncertain, with the most likely explanation being that it is derived from the Japanese sei- (成, "to be", "to become"), or -sei (製, "of the nature of," "made of," e.g. in shokubutsu-sei 植物製 or 植物性, "made of vegetable," "plant-made," or "plant-like") + tan- (蛋), as in tanpaku(shitsu) (蛋白, "protein"). Although the English term seitan is derived from Japanese, in Japan seasoned "gluten meat" (i.e. seitan, as cooked in the macrobiotic manner) is not well known or widely available, despite the macrobiotic diet's Japanese origins. When used, the terms for this food are rendered in katakana as グルテンミート (romanized "gurutenmīto," from the English "gluten meat"), or, rarely, セイタン ("seitan"). Outside macrobiotic circles, these terms are virtually unknown in Japan, and they do not typically appear in Japanese dictionaries.