Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large onion, roughly chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. paprika
• ½ cup cooked chickpeas
• ½ tsp. chilli powder
• ½ tsp. thyme
• ½ tsp. parsley
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
• ¾ cup water
• 190g vital wheat gluten

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion and garlic, cook for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add cumin and mix well.
4. Cool the mixture.
5. Once cooled, add all the ingredients except for the wheat gluten into a food processor.
6. Pulse/blend until the mixture becomes a sauce/salsa like consistency.
7. Add the wheat gluten and pulse until well incorporated and the mixture starts pulling away from the sides.
8. Knead the mixture, adding small amounts of oil to make it more pliable if necessary.
9. Divide into 6-8 equal portions and roll into balls.
10. Cut out 6” x 8” pieces of parchment paper, tightly roll one dough ball into a sausage shaped tube using the paper. Leave the parchment paper around the sausage shaped tube of dough.
11. Cut out aluminum foil of similar (slightly larger) measures, and wrap the prepared tube tightly, pressing out any air and pinching the ends to seal.
12. Place foiled wrapped sausages over a steaming rack in a pressure cooker or pot with enough water to steam.
13. Steam for 40 minutes, flipping the sausages over midway.
14. Cool and treat as raw meat for preparation in other recipes (this should be cooked again, grilled, friend, etc. before eating).

Hints & Tips

• Sausages can be stored in individual Ziplock bags, in freezer for up to 1 month.
• Thaw in refrigerator for 24 hours before using, or at room temperature for 2 hours. You may also defrost them by removing the foil and microwaving for 2 minutes immediately before serving.
• Instead of forming sausages, the dough can be formed into burgers, or meatballs before steaming.
• Sausages can be sliced into 5mm discs, fried and then tossed into any pasta sauce, or used to replace pepperoni or sliced sausages in pizzas and other dishes.
• Whole sausages can be fried and used in place of hotdogs.
• This is a neutrally flavored dish, as such Seitan should be served in a rich, flavor-packed sauce.
• You can adjust the flavors to suit future uses:
  • Omit thyme and parsley and replace half the tomato puree with low sodium soy sauce to be used in Asian-style dishes
  • Omit the thyme and parsley for a neutral flavor that goes well with pasta sauces