Vegan Tofu Menemen, A Turkish breakfast dish made with silken tofu in a delicious pepper and tomato-based sauce. Serve with some fresh bread and vegan yoghurt.
Serving Vegan Tofu Menemen
Menemen is a Turkish breakfast dish similar to shakshuka that’s popular throughout the Mediterranean. Shakshuka is usually made with whole eggs while in Menemen the eggs are scrambled. Using silken tofu creates a great vegan alternative to the scramble.
Although usually eaten at breakfast with some fresh bread we have also enjoyed it at dinner and it would also make a perfect lunch. You could make a heartier Menemen for dinner by including some vegan sausages cut up into chunks or adding some mushrooms. You could also sprinkle over some vegan white cheese.
This Menemen recipe uses Turkish red pepper paste. We have a recipe for Red Pepper Paste. We believe it’s worth the extra effort to make your own.
Vegan Menemen – Turkish Tofu Scramble
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 6 small Turkish green peppers or 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato purée
- 1 tablespoon red pepper paste
- 1 sprig of fresh oregano finely chopped
- ½ teaspoons fresh black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 400 g tin of peeled plum tomatoes
- 350 g block firm silken tofu
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1 teaspoon Urfa pepper
- Spring of fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium heat. Once hot add the onions. Sauté until soft and translucent, around 2 minutes. Add the diced peppers and continue to cook until soft, around 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic, tomato puree and pepper paste and continue to cook for a further 1 minute.
- Next add the salt, black pepper, oregano and tomatoes. Break up the tomatoes the best you can at this stage.
- Lower the heat to a gentle simmer and continue to cook for 10 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly.
- Meanwhile, roughly cut the silken tofu into small chunks.
- Once the sauce has cooked add the silken tofu and the nutritional yeast to the pan and stir to combine the tofu through the sauce. The tofu is fragile so stir gently. Cook for a further 1 minute to heat the tofu.
- Remove the pan from the heat and serve. Garnish your vegan Menemen with Urfa pepper flakes and some chopped fresh parsley.
