Recipe
Yes, you can turn cabbage into a tasty low-carb bread in under 15 minutes
Baked in the microwave and browned in a hot pan, the most labour-intensive part of this banting-friendly recipe is grating the cabbage
24 February 2021 - 08:41
By Rita Venter, Natalie Lawson and Kim Blom
Image: Quivertree Cabbage bread from the cookbook 'Banting: 7 Day Meal Plans'.
Baby, red, white, Chinese, raw: cabbage is tipped to be 2021's must-use ingredient. Along with eating it raw in salads, stir-frying it, or fermenting it to make trendy Korean kimchi, did you know you could also use this crunchy veg to bake a tasty low-carb bread?
In their book, Banting: 7 Day Meal Plans (Quivertree, R350), authors Rita Venter, Natalie Lawson and Kim Blom share this easy recipe for a cabbage bread that can be baked in the microwave in a matter of minutes before being browned in a hot pan.
Image: Quivertree 'Banting: 7 Day Meal Plans' (Quivertree, R350) by Ria Venter, Natalie Lawson and Kim Blom.
CABBAGE BREAD RECIPE
Serves: 1-2
Ingredients:
250ml (1 cup) grated cabbage
1 egg
2.5ml (½ tsp) baking powder
Pinch of salt
15ml (1 tbsp) butter (or banting-friendly oil of choice)
Method:
- Place cabbage in a clean kitchen towel and squeeze out moisture.
- Place squeezed cabbage in a bowl with egg, baking powder, salt and any other spices you enjoy, and mix together well.
- Place mixture in a rectangular microwave dish and microwave on high for 4½ minutes.
- Melt butter in a frying pan and fry bread on both sides until browned.