You can’t just replace paneer with tofu and call a dish palak paneer you twat. Like replacing black beans with lentils and calling it black bean soup IT’S NOT THE SAME AND DOESN’T TASTE THE SAME.
I swear half the reason people hate veganism is the fucking half assed garbage cooking content put out by vegan incluencers.
‘Hi today I’m going to make a yummy vegan grilled cheese sandwich but instead of cheese I’m GOING TO USE FUCKING ELMER’S GLUE’ And This doesn’t just go for cheese
You are 1000% correct. Please, I’m begging these people, to learn basic fucking food science! You can’t just replace shit all willy nilly!!!
Tofu can be a good paneer substitute but you’ve gotta mess with it.
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Boil in salted water to remove beaniness.
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Brine to make a little salty just like paneer.
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Coat with a very small amount of starch and fry at low heat to seal. This keeps the brine in.
This will make the tofu neutral and a little salty and have a texture close to paneer.
But otherwise yeah I agree tofu isn’t similar enough to cgeese to be a substitute.
Ok but you can legit make good ricotta from tofu. That’s the only cheese that works though
no more half measures walter
I’ve seen Indian vegan cooks use tofu as a paneer replacement. Sure, it may not taste exactly, precisely, you-can’t-tell-the-difference same, but I think it is kind of stretching it to call it “massacring” the dish. Indian vegans who grew up with palak paneer will try to veganize it so they can enjoy it without the cruelty. It’s not that deep.
Also, if vegan influencers put out garbage food then non-vegan ones do too, lol. How many different food influencer videos are there about steak when it’s just a slab of flesh that’s seasoned with salt and pepper, at the end of the day.
You’ve self-admittedly never tried it, and now you’re shitting on people who just want to enjoy their cultural cuisine in a vegan way. You’re really dipping into reactionary anti-vegan territory here.
