{"id":896,"date":"2025-10-21T16:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/?p=896"},"modified":"2025-10-21T16:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T16:24:53","slug":"curry-waffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/curry-waffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry waffles?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Because, why not? Basically, I wondered if a seitan mix would work in a waffle maker, and I decided a savoury flavour would be interesting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"923\" src=\"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-2048x923.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-2048x923.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-1000x451.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_161803-1200x541.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Batter, the waffle maker, and the first waffle&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>70g Vital wheat gluten<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70g Gram flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10g Nutritional yeast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20g Curry powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>7g EasyBake yeast<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>300ml Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It needs something to make bubbles in the batter, and I decided to use yeast instead of baking powder. I don&#8217;t remember why I decided not to use eggs, but the absence of salt is explained by high blood pressure&#8230; It&#8217;s all just mixed together, and left to ferment for half an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-1536x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251021_162148-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The result of the experiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The amounts in the list above give just under three waffles. I expect adding a couple of beaten eggs would have made just the right amount of batter. The result is chewy, like seitan, but more airy, and the flavour depends on your curry powder. I used the mild curry powder recipe from Pat Chapman&#8217;s &#8220;250 Curry Recipes and Accompaniments&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because, why not? Basically, I wondered if a seitan mix would work in a waffle maker, and I decided a savoury flavour would be interesting. It needs something to make bubbles in the batter, and I decided to use yeast instead of baking powder. I don&#8217;t remember why I decided not to use eggs, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/curry-waffles\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Curry waffles?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35,38],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","tag-food","tag-seitan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctor-dark.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}