The Vegg

[darkoshi]

The Vegg, a new vegan egg-yolk substitute. It sounds interesting. The recipe photos look good.

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One of the ingredients is Kala Namak, also known as black salt (even though it is actually pink). That must give the product its egg flavor. I have a jar of Kala Namak; it has a sulfury smell and taste, and it adds a nice savory flavor to cooked beans (kidney, lima, etc).

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[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

Nutritional yeast gives and eggy (or cheesy) flavor..I've made scrambled tofu, and pesto, with it.

[darkoshi]

Yes, it's probably the combination of nutritional yeast and the black salt that gives the product its overall flavor. The nutr. yeast would provide the main nutrients and also some texture, the sodium alginate would give it more of an egg texture, and the beta carotene would give it the nice orange color.

This totally reminds me that I bought a big carton of nutritional yeast which I keep forgetting that I have.

[passionrlsusall.livejournal.com]

turmeric is great for color (and nutrition) too

[alcippe.livejournal.com]

Black salt. The concept is kind of interesting to me, reminisant of 'black gold' which of course isn't gold at all. I did a google search and it appears that before the Kala Namak is crushed – when it is still a large lump – it it actually does look very dark, almost black. However, once it is broken up into granules it becomes pink. Interesting stuff – I want to try some now :)

[darkoshi]

Ah, the chunks of it look pretty, like some kind of jewels. I didn't realize they were dark like that.

If you do get some, don't be put off by the smell. Straight out of the jar, it smells sort of like rotten eggs, but sparingly mixed into food, it's good.

[(Anonymous)]

There will be no partices at all if blended in a blender. :)