Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 I jus t joined this group. I am in well flavored food and not necessarily just the " heat " . I especially like garlic for flavoring. I have a couple of question. Does anyone have any good recipes for vegetarian tamales? I used to live near some Mexican people and they made tamales on Christmas Eve. Of course they made them with meat. I developed a recipe of my own but am still not satisfied with it. The kind in health food section are not good at all. Also, we jusst bought a new cast iron flat bottomed wok. I was looking for good recipes for Chinese or maybe Thai or East Asian stir fried veggies but especially Chinese. I looked at recipes and most look pretty generic but when I've been to Chinese restaurants, it seems like they use different ingredients. Any suggestions? Thanks GB Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Hi there, good to see you here! > I am in well flavored food and not necessarily just the " heat " . Don't worry - lots of 'hot' and spicy recipes here - whether from horseradish, chillies, various hot sauces, wasabi, ginger, whatever - that's what we're all about at Vegetarian Spice. You should find plenty to please you. >Does anyone have any good recipes for vegetarian tamales? We seem to be a bit short on recipes for tamales, although I see a nice recipe in the Files: BLACK BEAN AND GREEN OLIVE TAMALES - FILLING (VEGAN) - have a look! > Also, we jusst bought a new cast iron flat bottomed wok. I was looking for good recipes for Chinese or maybe Thai or East Asian stir fried veggies but especially Chinese. I looked at recipes and most look pretty generic but when I've been to Chinese restaurants, it seems like they use different ingredients. Any suggestions? What kinds of 'different ingredients' did you have in mind? Give us a hint of what you've got or would like to use and we will see if we can help. I assume you're not just speaking of the ingredients found in our recipes - water chestnuts, chinese mushrooms, cloud ears, fermented black beans, bamboo shoots. I'm not sure *which* of the Chinese cuisines you're particularly interested in. Anything here in our Files of course would be probably Hunan, Szechuan, Yunnan, Taiwan perhaps, maybe even HongKong or Singapore (those that use lots of chillies and ginger, I'm thinking) - I seem to recall posting a Hong Kong recipe for asparagus some time ago. As for Thai and East Asian, they're there if you look! They're not always marked as to the country of origin, of course, but you will be able to tell from the ingredients and flavourings. Just let us know - we like to find recipes and many of us have favourites in our home files. Best, Pat (Owner, Vegetarian Spice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Use Yves Good Ground (fine texture)and follow the recipe here http://www.sonofthesouth.net/tamales/Tamale_Recipe.htm Just use an oil like Red Palm Oil in the filling and in the masa mix to get the saturated fat effect, which is perhaps not bad for vegetarians anyway and comes from a vegetable source. Spice up the dry Masa Harina with a lot of pepper red/black/chile/cayenne/paprika and stuff like pumpkin pie spice, then use tomato juice to make the tamale spread have taste and color. Taste it dry to check the flavor and adjust it up or down before the liquid is added. I just made some Thursday 23, Feb, and they came out just like the unhealthy ones at a tamale stand. I'm sure I could sell them from a wagon or stand and nobody would ever suspect they were vegan. Diabolical huh? Vida , Guru Khalsa <greatyoga wrote: > > > > I jus t joined this group. I am in well flavored food and not necessarily just the " heat " . I especially like garlic for flavoring. I have a couple of question. Does anyone have any good recipes for vegetarian tamales? I used to live near some Mexican people and they made tamales on Christmas Eve. Of course they made them with meat. I developed a recipe of my own but am still not satisfied with it. The kind in health food section are not good at all. > GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Dear Pat, Thanks for the answer. I'll look up the tamale recipe. Most stir fry recipes just seem to change the veggies. They just use oil, soy sauce, and ginger and garlic. At restaurants it seems like they use mustards, chili oils, spices, sauces, etc. for flavor. Any recipes for flavorful recipes would be appreciated. I always hear about Chinese 5 spice but do not seem to find reciipes. I know they use orange peels sometimes. GB Re: veggie tamales and stir fries Hi there, good to see you here! > I am in well flavored food and not necessarily just the " heat " . Don't worry - lots of 'hot' and spicy recipes here - whether from horseradish, chillies, various hot sauces, wasabi, ginger, whatever - that's what we're all about at Vegetarian Spice. You should find plenty to please you. >Does anyone have any good recipes for vegetarian tamales? We seem to be a bit short on recipes for tamales, although I see a nice recipe in the Files: BLACK BEAN AND GREEN OLIVE TAMALES - FILLING (VEGAN) - have a look! > Also, we jusst bought a new cast iron flat bottomed wok. I was looking for good recipes for Chinese or maybe Thai or East Asian stir fried veggies but especially Chinese. I looked at recipes and most look pretty generic but when I've been to Chinese restaurants, it seems like they use different ingredients. Any suggestions? What kinds of 'different ingredients' did you have in mind? Give us a hint of what you've got or would like to use and we will see if we can help. I assume you're not just speaking of the ingredients found in our recipes - water chestnuts, chinese mushrooms, cloud ears, fermented black beans, bamboo shoots. I'm not sure *which* of the Chinese cuisines you're particularly interested in. Anything here in our Files of course would be probably Hunan, Szechuan, Yunnan, Taiwan perhaps, maybe even HongKong or Singapore (those that use lots of chillies and ginger, I'm thinking) - I seem to recall posting a Hong Kong recipe for asparagus some time ago. As for Thai and East Asian, they're there if you look! They're not always marked as to the country of origin, of course, but you will be able to tell from the ingredients and flavourings. Just let us know - we like to find recipes and many of us have favourites in our home files. Best, Pat (Owner, Vegetarian Spice) Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 I'm glad you've been able to spend a little time in our Recipe Files - but sorry that you have found them a disappointment in both areas of your inquiry: Mexican tamales and stir-fried Chinese-style recipes. >Most stir fry recipes >just seem to change the veggies. They just use oil, soy sauce, and ginger and >garlic. And chillies. Don't forget the chillies. :-) Also some ready-mixed bottled brand-name sauces have been mentioned in some of our Chinese-style stir-fry recipes. Perhaps also various kinds of chillie bean paste and also fermented black beans or blackbean sauce? And of course, there are other kinds of stir-fried dishes - from other places than China (as vast a concept as 'China' is - although you haven't stated a regional preference/interest there as yet). Perhaps, as in most recipe groups, the sauces, etc., reflect the styles and preferences of the members who have kindly shared their recipes with us. And perhaps you would now like to offer recipes that reflect your particular taste preferences? That'd be great! >At restaurants it seems like they use mustards, chili oils, spices, >sauces, etc. for flavor. Who knows what secrets, eh? Why not ask them? And why not tell us what particular recipe/dish you are trying to reproduce so that we can see if we have anything in our own recipe collections - that'd be easier than our trying to track down something that contains mustard or whatever. Clearly in your part of Alaska you have come upon a gem of a restaurant - lucky you to have found one that does so many interesting vegetarian dishes. Wish we could say the same! However, we soldier on, as the expression goes LOL Best love, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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