Soy Free
Soy is easy to avoid in Indian cooking and hard to avoid in East Asian cooking, so this collection leans one way as most Indian food doesn’t contain soy in the first place. Easy Sabudana Khichdi and Easy Vegan Dal Makhani are soy free as written. Meanwhile, healthy Homemade Trail Mix and Masala Makhana are soy free snacks you can keep in a jar. For something sweet, Orange Coconut Cake and Vegan Rice Kheer both skip soy entirely, and Vegan Turmeric Latte works with any nut or oat milk. Browse everything soy free below.
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Coconut aminos yields the closest results, although it is slightly sweeter and less salty, so add a pinch of salt with it. Otherwise, you can build the savory notes from something else entirely: tamarind, miso made from chickpeas, or a splash of vinegar with a little jaggery. String beans and coconut stir fry is soy free from the start and shows you how to make a delicious stir fry without soy sauce.
You can use coconut aminos in most cases. However, chickpea miso is great when you want depth rather than saltiness. While you may want to consider Worcestershire, it is not vegetarian in its standard form, so you skip it. For Indian cooking, you rarely need a swap at all, since the salt and umami come from the spice base and the tomato rather than a fermented sauce.
Almost all of them. Soy is not part of the traditional Indian pantry, so lentil dishes, rice dishes and most curries contain none. Dal makhani, sabudana khichdi and poha are all soy free. The exception is anything using a commercial paneer substitute or a ready made sauce, since both often include soy protein or soybean oil.
Fresh fig cake and orange coconut cake are soy free as written. Meanwhile, baklava contains no soy if you use butter or a soy free spread. Carrot halwa trifle is soy free as well as gluten free. Watch out for commercial dark chocolate, which very often contains soy lecithin.
Yes. Vegetarian paella is rice, saffron, stock and vegetables, none of which involve soy. The only thing to check is the stock, since many shop bought vegetable stocks contain hydrolysed soy protein. You can either make your own or check the label of store bought varieties.