My original plan for this Mega Marathon was to bake 26 protein rich breads. But I did not find the time to do that and then I modified it to protein rich bakes. Finally I figured I would showcase different vegetarian proteins because quite a few vegetarians I know are tired of the question, ‘What is your protein source?’ But I wanted to have at least one bread in the list. When I saw that spelt flour is protein rich, I knew I had to bake with it.

Remember that Spinach dosa I made last week? I had some of that purée left and needed to use it somewhere before I left for Mumbai. So the idea of a spelt flour bread with spinach was born. I baked it the last day before leaving and so it had to be a quick bread and not my usual yeast bread.

Whenever I try a new recipe and make modifications to it, my thought is ‘what is the worst that can happen?’ And then I plod on trying to cook it. This time the results were good but the bread was a little dry. It works great with some butter / cheese. The next time I plan to try it with a 2 tbsp more spinach puree / oil to make it a loaf that can be eaten as is.

Protein – Spelt flour and spinach

Recipe adapted from here and here

Makes one 7″ loaf

WHAT WE NEED

Spelt flour                    1 1/2 cups

Salt                                1/2 tsp

Baking soda                 1/2 tsp

Honey /maple syrup  1 tbsp

Coconut oil                    5 tsp

Spinach puree            1/2 cup + 1 tbsp

Quick cooking oats      2 tbsp

Sunflower seeds           1 tbsp

WHAT TO DO

• Preheat the oven to 175C and grease a 7″ loaf tin
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and salt
• In another bowl, mix the honey, oil and spinach puree
• Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients to form a dough
• Shape the dough into a loaf and transfer it to the loaf pan
• Sprinkle the oats and sunflower seeds on top
• Bake for 30- 35 minutes till golden brown on top
• Let it cool for around 20 minutes before cutting it
• Enjoy with some butter / cheese!

This is my post for the Mega Marathon under the theme, ‘Protein Rich Dishes’.

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