Crispy on the outside yet light and chewy on the inside…just like its cousin (and inspiration), Brazilian cheese bread (pão de queijo). With some pre-planning these can be ready in 15 minutes flat. 🙂 Gluten free, plant-based and vegan, soy free, nightshade free, allium free (no onions or garlic), and yummy!
Let’s begin!
Preheat oven to 450F.
Lightly grease a mini-muffin pan.
Prepare the batter.
Combine the fermented idli batter, salt, oil, spices in a bowl. Add the non-dairy cheese shreds and mix.
Note: The idli batter can be room temperature or straight from the fridge.
Pour 1 tablespoon of batter into each mold of the mini-muffin pan.
Bake until golden brown on top and the edges have pulled away from the pan.
Remove from heat.
Serve!
Herbed Cheese Bread
Servings: 6
Calories: 145kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Fermented Idli Batter
- 1 cup cheese shreds
- 2 tbsp oil
- 0.5 tsp aluminum free baking powder
- salt to taste
- fresh herbs or spices to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Measure 1 tablespoon of mixture into each mold of a mini-muffin pan. Bake until golden brown on top and edges have pulled away from the pan (about 10-12 minutes)
- Remove from heat. Serve!
Notes
I usually keep a few containers of fermented idli batter on hand at any given point in time just because it’s so useful.
This recipe can be made with batter that is at room temperature or taken straight from the fridge (as done in this post). The main difference is that room temperature batter will result in a higher and more rounded dome shape than what is shown here.
1/4 tsp dry rosemary and 1/4 tsp ground mustard powder is our favorite herb and spice combo for this recipe 🙂
Nutrition Facts
Herbed Cheese Bread
Amount Per Serving
Calories 145
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 188mg8%
Potassium 51mg1%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Fiber 1g4%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 37mg4%
Iron 0.7mg4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Elle
18 Dec 2020I’m so excited to find your blog! My mom is an allium-free egg-free vegetarian (she still eats honey so not vegan) and it’s been hard to think of new things to cook for her while we shelter-in-place this year. Have you stopped developing recipes? If so, do you recommend any other resources for me to find like-recipes/blogs/IG handles?
FYI – if you win Kikkoman’s (almost) monthly recipe contests on IG, you can get products and swag. My friend works there and some of their products are vegan (no bone char in processing the sugar). She has taught me that a little soy sauce can boost umami in things like marinara sauce! More flavor, less salt is good when I cook for my elderly mom.
Thanks you for the recipes you have already shared. I can’t wait to make them!
admin
25 Apr 2022Hi Elle-thanks for your comment from so long ago and sorry to not have responded sooner. While I haven’t stopped developing recipes, I did have to put the blogging side of things on hold for a while as we expanded our family and navigated the pandemic. I am getting back to it now in hopes that these recipes support families like yours! Hope that you and your mom are well!.