Vegan Sourdough Naan with Garlic Recipe (Dairy Free, Egg Free) (2024)

FAQs

Is sourdough bread dairy and egg free? ›

Here's a list of types that are commonly vegan: Sourdough. A type of fermented bread made from flour, water, salt, and sometimes commercial baker's yeast. Though uncommon, some varieties use milk instead of water, making them non-vegan.

In highly processed sourdough sandwich bread, you may find eggs, although that's relatively uncommon. Certain types of sourdough milk bread use both milk and butter. These sweet sourdough breads will often indicate their non-vegan status in their name, making it easy for vegans to identify and avoid them.

Unfortunately, most naan you'll get at Indian restaurants is not vegan, as the dough often contains yogurt (or milk) and it's brushed with melted butter. While there are a handful of store-bought vegan naan options, they are pretty lackluster and taste more like store-bought pita bread.

Sourdough is made from a starter culture – a mixture of flour and water that ferments and develops natural yeasts. This, along with flour, water, and salt create sourdough bread. As such, most sourdough bread is vegan, but when buying store bought bread it is always important to check the label.

Most sourdough bread is completely vegan, not containing any dairy or eggs.

Is it Dairy Free? Yes!

I've since done a number of tests myself and adding a whole egg to a super strong dough with a little oil and honey has become my favourite! A pillowy soft loaf the will blow your mind and oven! Eggs in dough usually produces an extra open and delicate crumb and the bread comes with an extra rise.

Generally, any bread that does not contain eggs or dairy (most bagels, sandwich breads, loaves, rolls, buns, pitas, lavish, flatbreads, and crackers fit this definition) with two caveats. Caveat #1: commercially sold whole-wheat and whole grain breads sometimes contain honey, which some vegans abstain from.

It makes the bread lighter and fluffier. The reason for that is the fat in the yolk that inhibits gluten formation just as any other fat would. This results in a looser dough that can expand and puff up more.

Unfortunately, the majority of naan isn't suitable for vegans as they often contain ghee (clarified butter), yoghurt, milk or even eggs. However, it's not impossible to find vegan-friendly naan in supermarkets, it's just worth double-checking ingredients lists.

What is a substitute for yogurt in naan? ›

I used a small amount of almond milk and warm water in place of the yogurt. I used a bit of olive oil on the cast iron griddle.

Naan is made from an enriched dough composed of wheat flour, plain yogurt, water, egg, vegetable oil, and yeast. It's traditionally cooked in a blazing hot tandoor oven. However, we can closely mimic that environment with a preheated skillet on the stovetop.

That means it contains no animal products other than tiny lactobacilli bacteria, which most vegans would deem okay to eat. However, other sourdough recipes do include animal products – such as milk, yoghurt or egg – to add moisture to the loaf.

Generally speaking, the actual dough used in garlic bread is vegan. What could catch you out is the butter contents. Fortunately though, a lot of shop-bought garlic bread uses margarine or olive oil – so just make sure to check the ingredients first!

A: All DKB bread products are considered vegan and do not contain any animal products, however, our limited edition DKB Snack Bars (Trail Mix Crumble and Oat-Rageous Honey Almond™) are NOT considered vegan as they contain organic honey.

No, traditional sourdough bread contains just flour, water and salt (and of course sourdough starter). Milk is not necessary to make delicious sourdough bread. But like most things, it can be added to sourdough to change the crumb, crust and flavor.