Link to recipe here with tips and suggestions

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour atta
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tsp oil optional, for softer puris
• 1/4 cup water or as needed
• Oil for deep frying

Prepare the Dough

• In a large mixing bowl combine the whole wheat flour and salt.
• Add the oil optional and mix it into the flour using your fingers.
• Gradually add water a little at a time, and knead the mixture into a firm, smooth dough.
• Cover the dough with a damp cloth and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

Roll the Puris

• Divide the dough into small equal-sized balls (about the size of a lime).
• Using a rolling pin roll each ball into a small circle, about 4-5 inches in diameter. Ensure they’re evenly thick to help them puff up during frying.
• Avoid using excess flour for rolling; if needed lightly grease the rolling surface with a drop of oil.

Fry the Puris

• Heat oil in a deep pan or kadai over medium-high heat. The oil should be hot but not smoking. To test, drop a small piece of dough into the oil—if it rises immediately with bubbles, the oil is ready.
• Carefully slide one puri into the hot oil.
• Lightly press it with a slotted spoon to help it puff up.
• Flip and fry the other side until golden brown.
• Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with the remaining dough balls.

I just had a bunch of old apples that I forgot about that I made apple sauce with! I use a lot of apple sauce in my baking so I just froze them in some silicone muffin pans and I've got perfect portions for when I'm baking.

I also make all my beans in my insta pot then freeze them so they're ready to add to things easily.

Welcome to the last week of Veganuary! This is the last of five weekly support threads for the month of January.

If you've made it this far, congratulations! Was the past month easier or harder than you thought it would be? Did you learn anything new, as far as cooking or other skills? Did you learn anything new about yourself?

Thank you all for participating here, and best wishes for the rest of 2025! To our wonderful community of vegans here, thank you for all you do, and cheers to another year of kindness!

I've been making a mess of TVP by soaking it in broth.

The end result is a bit watery and mushy. I would like to get it firm/dry enough to fry it.

I've put the rehydrated TVP in my tofu press which gets a lot of water out fast. How long should I leave it in the tofu press. A few minutes or a longer time?

I was surprised with how expensive mock turkey was at Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.

Now, every store that I go to that sells vegan products has their mock turkeys on serious sales.

Do you think the mock turkey makers or the retail outlets priced themselves out of the market this year?

Relatively cheap, pretty easy, very tasty, and I tell myself it’s at least somewhat healthy

Hello Cheap Vegan fam! What are you all prepping this week that's cheap and vegan? Keeping it simple with beans and rice, or trying something more advanced? Do you have any general tips for managing your mealprep process? Share your knowledge and help out your fellow vegans and aspiring vegans! Thank you all! 🌱

I know one recipe that involves frying chickpeas, kale, and onions together in a pan, and it’s super tasty and one of the few low-carb recipes I make. (I eat way too many carbs.) I would love to make more things with chickpeas because they seem great, but I don’t know what!

What are some of your easy go-to meals that heavily feature chickpeas?

Actually the 10th anniversary of this sub was January 18th so I'm a little late, but I didn't want this to go unacknowledged. Happy Cake Day to r/EatCheapAndVegan! Thank you to all of YOU who make this community great!

Here's a look back at ten of the most upvoted posts over the last decade, you may have seen some of these already but they're all worth revisiting.

Also a challenge--if anyone can correctly identify ALL of the beans and grains in the title photo in the next 48 hours, you get a Reddit award! There can be multiple winners, but you have to get them 100% correct. Post your guesses in the comments below.

Random meals my wife has cooked - whole foods, non processed and cheap ingredients

Ideas for what to eat when nothing sounds good.

Loaded veggie sesame garlic stir fry. Holy crap this dish was insanely good!

Garlic Chilli Noodles

Local grocery had 2lb bags of black beans for $.50!

Lately tofu wraps have become my go-to college lunch

I Eat A Version of This $3 Meal Every Day

VEGAN NIGERIAN RED STEW (Easy, One Pot)

Sushi doesn't have to be expensive! (Or fishy)

Don't throw your broccoli stems out - slice them and fry with a little garlic and chili for 10 mins! Absolutely delicious as an appetizer!

Each bag has 4 ramen noodle cakes - $0.25 a serving!

I have 2 jars of miso paste at home, so this is a deal!

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TVP = Textured Vegetable Protein = TSP = Textured Soy Protein = Soya

The other week I paid about $11 USD per pound for Butler Soy Curls( $15.80 CAD per 0.5 kg ), high end TVP made directly for humans.

I thought that was expensive, but looking other brands of TVP on Amazon I see it isn't that far out.

So, I was wondering how much a pound you pay for TVP?

The only I see being able to call TVP "cheap" is considering that a serving ( for me ) would be only 70 grams (dried) or about 2.5 ounces ( dried ), 231 calories, 35 grams of protein.

You know you want it.

Whole wheat roll, apple cider vinegar, avocado, purple, cabbage, carrot, red onion, spinach and nutritional yeast. T

Hello all! I’m organizing a pamphlet with cheap vegan recipes to hand out on campus. Our closest grocery stores within walking distance are a small HEB and a small Target.

Most college students prioritize convenience, so I’m hoping for more ideas on what to include :)

Looking to find a reasonably affordable restaurant that has vegan options in NYC - my cousin is visiting from FL and I want to be able to find a decent place to eat for lunch.

(We do love spicy moon, but it’s a bit steep for this weekend )

Edit: to clarify we’re meeting in Manhattan LOL and price range would be 20$pp max preferably

Hey yall, I'm trying to create a complete plate that I could theoretically eat every day. I'm doing this to decrease the amount of decisions I need to make daily so I can focus on creative work. Currently I have baked potatoes with hummus and hot sauce with either steamed broccoli or sautéed collard greens with a squirt of lemon. A bit of sauerkraut, or a pickle maybe. Ideally this would all be served with Beyond Meat sausages, but if I'm eating it every day, that's too big a $$$ investment. So I'm thinking lentils, but not soup since I want something dry. Something like lentil meatballs, or lentils combined with maybe beans or something would be nice. It has to be simple though and very light on the $$$.

I've seen a few recipes for lentil meatballs that include too many ingredients I can't afford to eat every day, or would be too complex to comfortably prepare often enough. I'm open to other suggestions too, I just said lentils because I like them and they have an absurd nutrition to $$$ ratio.

Hello everyone! I am a newly vegan, rather broke college student. I am allergic to soy and peanuts, and sometimes feel a bit itchy with pea protein stuff, so I tend to avoid it. My question is, what else can I eat that requires little prep time (especially chopping. I hate chopping), will not make me sick, is vegan, and nutritious? Currently, I’ve been rotating through the same few meals, but I am getting very sick of them. I can’t eat the same thing more than maybe twice a month without getting sick of it.
Here’s what I’ve been eating:

• seitan (nasty)
• curry with chickpeas and coconut milk (good but I am very sick of it)
• roasted broccoli and cauliflower (amazing but I keep burning them somehow, both in the air fryer and oven)
• roasted potatoes (good but I’ll get sick of them soon)
• lentils, both plain and in sloppy Joe form (good but wtf else do I do with them?)
• rice. So much rice. I am so tired of rice
• protein pasta with marinara
• instant oatmeal
• smoothies (I hate cleaning the blender)
• coconut yogurt (expensive and has no protein)

Can anyone recommend some more recipes for me to try? Tysm in advance!