Vegan savory muffins
These vegan savory muffins are stuffed with juicy tomatoes, sweet corn, caramelized onions, and are seasoned with Italian herbs. They are delicious and perfect to be served for breakfast, packed in the lunch box, or enjoyed as a quick snack at any time of the day.
Servings 12 muffins
Calories 102kcal
Equipment
- Muffin tray
- Oven
- 1 small bowl
- Knife and chopping board
Ingredients
Ingredients for caramelized onion
- 1 medium-sized red onion thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil
- ⅛ teaspoon sugar
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Other ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tbsp mixed Italian herbs
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Salt to taste
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- ½ cup sweet corn kernels fresh/ frozen/ canned
- ¼ cup chopped spring onion both white and green part
- 1+¼ cups soy milk or any non-dairy milk
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon any cooking oil of choice preferably neutral-flavored
Instructions
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pan and add sliced onion. Add sugar and salt. Sauté till the onion gets caramelized.
- Put soy milk in a bowl and add apple cider vinegar. Mix and keep aside for a few minutes or until the milk curdles.
- Put curdled milk and oil in a large mixing bowl.
- In another bowl mix both the flours, baking soda, baking powder, Italian herbs, salt, and pepper.
- Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Add caramelized onion, tomatoes, corn, and spring onion. Mix.
- Put the muffin batter in a greased muffin tray.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C (350℉) for around 25 minutes or until they clear the toothpick test.
- Put the muffin tray on a wire rack and allow reaching room temperature before demolding.
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Notes
- To make gluten-free muffins, use chickpea flour also known as gram flour (besan).
- You can use vegetables of your choice in this recipe but I would recommend not skipping caramelized onion. It make these muffins delicious.
- Add nutritional yeast for a cheesy flavor. Vegan cheese can be added too.
- Non-vegans may also add cheese of choice to make a vegetarian version of these savoury vegan muffins.
- For a healthier version add seeds like chia seeds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds. You can also add finely chopped nuts like walnuts, almonds, pine nuts, etc.
- To add a richer tomato flavor, add chopped sun-dried tomatoes in addition to fresh tomatoes.
- The baking time may vary depending upon the oven and quality of ingredients so keep an eye on the muffins after 20 minutes and bake until they clear the toothpick test.
- More recipe tips, tricks, and variation suggestions are shared in the post above.
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 195mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 151IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 2mg