My family makes tamales every year on the day after Thanksgiving to eat on Christmas. Traditionally they use pork for filling, but they'd make some bean filled ones too, which my sister and I (both veg) have enjoyed.
So this year we decided to make our own, but now we're starting to realize that even the bean filled ones are not very vegetarian! The masa (batter) used to make them is made using lard, and the liquid from boiling the meat is also used in making the masa, even for the bean tamales. I talked to several family members and they said it would probably be ok to replace the lard with vegetable shortening, but without using either lard or the liquid from the meat they don't think they're going to be very flavorful.
Has anyone here ever tried to make veg*n tamales? We're going to try different things like using vegetable broth to flavor the masa, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it
We are vegetarian btw, not vegan, but if they can be made vegan that's even better!
So this year we decided to make our own, but now we're starting to realize that even the bean filled ones are not very vegetarian! The masa (batter) used to make them is made using lard, and the liquid from boiling the meat is also used in making the masa, even for the bean tamales. I talked to several family members and they said it would probably be ok to replace the lard with vegetable shortening, but without using either lard or the liquid from the meat they don't think they're going to be very flavorful.
Has anyone here ever tried to make veg*n tamales? We're going to try different things like using vegetable broth to flavor the masa, but if anyone has any suggestions I'd really appreciate it
