This is how I make my plantain arepas and my own vegan cheese 🧀

THIS IS HOW I MAKE MY PLANTAIN AREPAS AND MY VEGAN CHEESE.

Good day everyone, I hope you are well and you are having a great week. Mine has been pretty quiet. Today, as I try to do every morning, I would like to share what I ate for my breakfast. This time I decided to make some arepas, but this time I tried to do something different and add something extra, so I made arepa de plantains, which I share with you below. Additionally, I will also share how I made my vegan cheese to eat them.

MAKING OF THE VEGAN CHEESE.

INGREDIENTS

• Cashews (1/4 cup)
• Hot water (1 cup)
• Lemon juice (1/4 cup)
• Cassava starch (1 tablespoon)
• Garlic clove (1)
• Brewer's yeast (2 tablespoons)
• Salt (1 tsp)

PREPARATION

I left hydrating my cashews overnight in a glass of water, you can skip this step, it's just a personal choice.

The first thing I did was put my cashews in the blender with a cup of hot water.

Later I added the cassava starch, the garlic clove, the brewer's yeast, the lemon juice and the salt. Here it is important to blend well for at least 3 minutes so that there are no lumps.

Now we will light a pot over medium heat and add a little olive oil. We will proceed to add our mixture and we will mix without stopping until we have a thick mixture and it begins to bubble.

This is the texture we are looking for:

Now we remove it from the heat and leave it to rest in the fridge in a container previously oiled with a little olive oil. We will let it rest with envoplast paper for a couple of hours.

MAKING OF THE PLANTAIN AREPAS.

The first thing I did was to boil the plantain, which I chopped into three parts to make it cook faster.

Once boiled, I placed it in a bowl and crushed it to a puree. Later I added a little precooked cornmeal, a little water and a touch of salt. I was kneading until I got a smooth mixture and firm enough to shape my arepas. I let them cook about 5 minutes on each side over medium heat and with a little olive oil.

Once everything was ready, what was left was to try this cheese and arepa delight. Additionally, I wanted to eat some avocado, which is a rich source of vitamin E. I also wanted to add a little onion sprouts to them as I love them.

This is how delicious the cheese looks:

And these are my arepas which were simply delicious:

This has been one of my favorite breakfasts of the last few weeks, something that I will definitely repeat soon. I hope you try it at home, be it arepas or cheese, I know you will love it. I thank you again for taking part of your time to read my post. I hope you have a great day, until next time.

Andy.