Alternative to an egg in a recepie

[raguvun]

I am a vegetarian. However a lot of the recepies that I come across contains egg. I am afraid, I don't even consume eggs. Wonder if anybody can suggest an alternative I could use. ie. even making a simple pastry requires an egg. I can't even make a start.

[nickmo]

http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/sect/FCIE.html will do it and check your local health food store - they often have similar.

[dankeith]

you don't need egg to make pastry

[Alibobs]

If you search for vegan recipes in Google there are thousands.

You definitely don't need eggs to make shortcrust pastry as dankeith says, eggs can be used in sweet pastry but shortcrust is just as good in sweet things

[mata hari]

My Grandma used to use a tablespoon of vinegar if she didn't have eggs!

[mata hari]

for cakes, that is

[WendyS]

In certain recipes egg is used for binding the other ingredients together, but natural youghurt might be a substitute option. I must admit, I've never tried it but can't imagine why it wouldn't work as it does have a similar kind of stickiness.