Definitions For Seitan

Noun

SEITAN (uncountable) Specially processed wheat gluten, used as a protein-rich food.

Derived terms

seitanic

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 麵筋, 面筋, tr=miànjīn Esperanto: sejtano, m Finnish: seitan French: seitan, m Galician: seitán, m German: Seitan, m, n Hungarian: szejtán Norwegian: Portuguese: seitan, m Spanish: seitán, m

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term was coined in in the early 1960s by philosopher to refer to wheat gluten as used in Ohsawa's macrobiotic system of cooking and health. The exact derivation is uncertain. The first syllable may be from 生, tr=sei, , life, 正, tr=sei, , proper, correct, or 製, tr=sei, , made of, while the second syllable is from 蛋, tr=tan, pos=from . In Japan, wheat gluten itself is usually referred to as 麩, tr=fu, , wheat bran, gluten, while seitan in particular is generally written in katakana as . Another common term for this is グルテンミート, , gluten meat.