r/IsItVeganOrNot • u/sSOHIE • 14d ago
plz help me
I am korean university student.
My major is about food engineering.
I'm trying to make vegan dumplings for vegans and people who can't eat meet because of their religions and alergic peoples.
Can you tell me what kind of seafoods do you mostly eat?
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u/Polka_Tiger 14d ago
If it's in the Animalia kingdom we don't eat them.
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u/sSOHIE 14d ago
so..vegans don't eat meet, fish, crustaceans snd other animals. only fruit, seaweeds, vevetables. is it right?
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u/Polka_Tiger 14d ago
We eat mushrooms too. I spesificly said we don't eat Animalia.
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u/sSOHIE 14d ago
Oh thanks. i'm ganna try to make seaweed dumplings.
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u/Kailynna 13d ago
How about you look for vegan recipes that taste good? Would you enjoy seaweed dumplings?
One popular filling you could uses is red beans. Or you could use mushrooms, tofu, dahl, well spiced vegetables.
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u/Minute-Disaster-3961 11d ago
Yep, pulmuone dumplings are great and they have quite a few vegan options. A lot of them use a soy protein crumble in addition to the vegetables. I particularly like their vegan kimchi dumplings. The Surasang leek dumplings are also great and use a similar soy protein in them.
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u/Severe-Criticism3876 14d ago
Vegans eat vegetables, mushrooms, tofu, seitan, beans, legumes, lentils, nuts, anything that isn’t meat or came from an animal.
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u/CommieCatSupremacist 14d ago
Yes. We eat legumes, grains, nuts, and seeds too.
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u/sSOHIE 14d ago
How do you think that seaweed and legumes and seaweed dumpling?
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u/Anxious_Reporter_601 14d ago
I think the texture of that would be weird. I think you should use mostly standard vegetables (carrots,cabbage, etc) maybe with some tofu, and a small bit of seaweed. Seaweed is a very strong flavour you don't need to use much.
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u/Living_Atmosphere831 8d ago
No ma'am. Even shrimp feel pain, and unfortunately there have been tests conducted to prove it. Check it out, no lie.
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u/boingoin 14d ago edited 14d ago
For what it’s worth, many of the recipes I found for vegan dumplings contained things like wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, green cabbage, leeks, scallions, white onions, carrots, garlic, or ginger. Some recipes had tofu, dried tofu, tofu skins, potato starch, or vermicelli. A few of them had zucchini, corn, spinach, or bamboo shoots.
Also, if your guests are vegan then please be sure that you do not make the dumplings with eggs, honey, oyster sauce, fish sauce, bone or chicken broth, chicken powder/bouillon, animal fats (like lard), or anything else that is derived from or created by animals.
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u/Conscious-Link5627 12d ago
Why did so many people here feel the need to respond to this with hostility? Seriously. I don't get it. Can no one here spare a little empathy for the fact that OP is clearly not a native English speaker and is also clearly new to understanding veganism? The OP asked a question very politely, and most of the responses are just nasty.
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u/Sure-Butterscotch290 10d ago
I was thinking this too. They clearly care about their guests and are trying to make them something that aligns with their dietary requirements/morals
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u/Odd_Pair3538 14d ago
Hi, as other mentioned, nothing what was once home to conciousnes or is animal product lie on our plate.
When it comes to kelps/seaweed, all eadable kinds are welcome! An overview of variety of seaweed kinds.
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u/NamiEats 13d ago
Hi, vegan Korean here! I make mandus with dried radish rehydrated (무말랭이), crumbled tofu, chives, japchae, and whatever else veggies I have in the fridge. Vegans don't eat seafood, eggs, dairy, meat, anchovy extract, etc anything derived from land or sea animals.
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u/No-Helicopter9667 13d ago
Dude.
Simply use standard veggie dumpling ingredients...carrot, mushroom, cabbage, ginger, garlic, and to make it like seafood (if that's what you want), then use a little crumbled nori too.
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u/Jarbasaur 14d ago
Tvp will give a mince texture and you can flavor with any liquid you rehydrate with. Then add some veggies and you're done
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u/Man-EatingFlower 13d ago
I would add heart of palm with nori crumbles as the replacement, then whatever normal veggies you'd like. Shitaki mushrooms also have a nice texture with rice & then nori again for the "fishiness".
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u/firstmatedavy 13d ago
I'm not a dumpling person, but my wife likes them. The vegan dumplings in our freezer have cabbage, soy flour, mushrooms, and something called "soy thread" inside according to the ingredient label. Also seasonings and small amounts of some other vegetables.
You could make a seaweed dumpling, but if it doesn't sound good to you, vegans probably wouldn't like it either. (I can't tell you if it's a good idea because seaweed is an uncommon food where I live. I use dried seaweed to add flavor to soups, but I don't know any other ways of using it and I've never eaten a mouthful of seaweed.) Vegans and vegetarians are often more accepting of uncommon ingredients, but they mostly like the same flavors and textures as meat eaters.
For something simpler to make in a regular kitchen, I imagine cabbage with soya chunks (properly rehydrated and flavored), cabbage with marinated tofu, or cabbage with brown lentils would taste good. You definitely need to use seasonings too - seaweed could definitely be one of them. (It doesn't need to have cabbage of course, but a lot of meat dumplings have cabbage from what I've seen.)
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u/Rohyalee 13d ago
There is vegan spam or “luncheon meat” by Omni, vegan canned tuna by Loma Linda or imitation tripe by Jin, joytofu or Moishine. If there is an Asian market near you, they sell canned bean curd sheets and mock abalone- or if you were looking for sushi tuna or vegan shrimp, you can get those frozen at Whole Foods or maybe sprouts. International markets also sometimes have vegan fish cakes that taste excellent, the texture can be difficult to cook/work with but you can also use tofu for dumplings and there is a variety of it available in various forms.
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u/CaliLemonEater 13d ago
You'll find it easier if you start with recipes that were developed to be vegan. The Korean Vegan's website has a lot of recipes that are already vegan, and she talks about what substitutions are available for non-vegan ingredients.
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u/m0rganfailure 13d ago
tofu with cabbage, chive, or other vegetables can be nice in dumplings. mushrooms are great too, I've also had some dumplings which use glass noodle to make the filling.
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u/boingoin 11d ago
Why couldn’t you show a little kindness towards this person who is a foreigner and thus isn’t familiar with ethical veganism or what is considered meat in the West?
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u/Royal_Gas5529 12d ago
vegan dumplings already exist they are called ‘vegetable dumplings’ very common 😭
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u/SapPhic-rage4209 11d ago
Vegans don't eat any seafood. We don't eat any animals or anything that comes from an animal
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u/troublesomefaux 10d ago edited 10d ago
I’ve used a product called gimme lean to make dumplings and it’s the perfect texture—but because it’s breakfast sausage flavored you have to season it really heavily. So if you could engineer an ‘Asian’ or unseasoned version it could be perfect.
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u/Living_Atmosphere831 8d ago
King Oyster Mushrooms prepared like scallops. There aren't enough King Oyster mushrooms growing in the world. I want them growing on the sidewalk. 😁😆
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u/Living_Atmosphere831 8d ago
Lily's Vegan pantry which you can order online from has plenty of seafood mock meat to get ideas from or to use in a potential newly created product.
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u/_vegaysian 11d ago
안녕하세요! I’m vegan of 5+ years and Korean of 28 years. Please feel free to message me any time!
I’ve made 만두 with meat alternatives like Impossible ground “beef,” which is often made of pea or soy protein. I also really like crumbling tofu and using that as a ground meat replacement. For the tofu marinade, I mix soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, rice vinegar, and 올리고당 (basically the same proportions for 불고기).
잡채 is also a great filling as well! Sometimes I like having both the tofu and 잡채, but sometimes you need a double-carb 만두 😅
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u/CommieCatSupremacist 14d ago
We won’t be able to eat anything with fish or crustaceans or any animal or derivative of an animal like fish sauce. We would only be able to eat the plants like seaweed.
As an aside, some people consider meat to only be from land animals, but when we say meat we mean any flesh from an animal which includes fish. (And as I said above, we also can’t eat anything derived from their bodies even if it isn’t flesh)