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Enjoy Vegan Eggs By IIT-Delhi

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    • Publish Date: Sep 20 2019 1:37PM
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    • Updated Date: Sep 20 2019 1:41PM
Enjoy Vegan Eggs By IIT-Delhi

What if we told you that now you can eat as many eggs you want that too without worrying about weight gain, sounds interesting, isn’t it! Well, now it is possible as The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has created a vegan egg.

Interestingly, this plant-based egg has almost the same taste and texture as well as the same protein level. Moreover, you will be surprised to know that the procedure of cooking this egg is just similar to that of real eggs.

This vegan egg created by ITT-Delhi is made with lentils and that’s not all, they are soon coming up with vegan meat also known as mock meat. Right from sausages to vegan meats like mutton, chicken, beef and turkey are in the pipeline. In fact, these meats will be a much healthier alternative to the animal-based meat with almost the same taste and texture.

Made with the goodness of moong (split green gram), these vegan eggs will soon be showcased during the Industry Day on September 21 at IIT-Delhi, wherein around 150 industry players are expected to visit.

The team of researchers will be headed by Kavya Dashora, assistant professor at the Centre for Rural Development and Technology, IIT-Delhi. She expressed her views about this new innovation, “Most people who want to switch to vegetarian food stick to meat because of its taste and protein value. We have taken care of both the aspects, using normal farm produce. For the vegan egg, we have used protein isolation technology and extrusion technology for meat.”

“This mock meat will cost similar to non-veg alternatives. “It will be a cleaner source of protein; the egg, for instance, has zero cholesterol and is gluten-free. There is no risk of animal-based diseases, such as bird flu, and the concept prevents cruelty on animals as well,” Dashora explained. She further added that a team of researchers and students will be working on this project for a year. What's more, the products will be available through a website plantmade.in, where one can currently pick up vegan paneer and plant-based anda bhurji (scrambled eggs).

This environment friendly research has been funded by Rahul Dewan from Four Pursuits Ventures. He expressed his views on how animal slaughter has turned out to be the biggest reasons for greenhouse emission. He further added that “These vegan alternatives would be a much healthier alternative to animal based meat and eggs. As the production of these meats are based on farm produce, the team will work closely with the farmers to get the best of produce. This will further support the Government's initiative to increase the income of farmers.” In a nutshell, it will be interesting to see how vegan eggs and mock meats can influence the dietary patterns of masses and create an environment friendly market.

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