Flax Egg
Prep time: 02 Mins
Cook time: 05 Mins
Yields: Flax Egg (1 Egg Equivalent)
Flax seed egg substitute mostly works in recipes which does not require a light/fluffy texture. I personally use flax egg replacement in recipes in which eggs are used as a binding agent, rather than as a leavening agent or for moisture.
Ingredients
Instructions
Here I'm going to tell you the most commonly used flax seed egg recipe:

  1. Take a tablespoon of ground flax seed.
  2. Add 2.5 to 3 tablespoons (I personally prefer 3) of warm water.
  3. Whisk it for a few minutes and set it aside.
  4. After about 5 minutes you would see a change in the texture. It would become gelatinous, sticky. Now the flax egg is ready to be used in your recipe as egg substitute.
My Notes:
  1. Throughout the internet and in vegan baking books one can find flax egg recipes. Flax egg is best suited as an egg substitute in waffles, pancakes, bran muffins, oatmeal cookies, etc.
  2. I have come across two flax egg substitute ratio. In the sense, in place of 1 egg in a recipe, one of the following 2 flax egg recipes can be used. Either one tablespoon of flax seed meal can be whisked with 2.5 to 3 tablespoons of warm water (this is the most commonly used flax egg substitute method) or 1 teaspoon on ground flax seed can be mixed with 1/4 cup of warm water. (This is from the book Sinfully Vegan by Lois Dieterly).
  3. I have tried both and do not find much of a difference. Or maybe I should try the same recipe twice with these two flax egg recipes and see how it turns out to know the impact. But that later.
Recipe by Madhuram's Eggless Cooking at https://www.egglesscooking.com/flax-egg-substitute/