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    Home » Breakfast Recipes

    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potatoes & Tofu

    Published: Apr 6, 2015 · Modified: Feb 7, 2018 by Richa 23 Comments

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    Shakshuka is a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers, and onions, often spiced with cumin popular in Israel and North Africa-Tunisian region.

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    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potato | Vegan Richa

    For a vegan version I use sweet potato slices to act as the yolk and tofu slices for the whites. This is an excellent filling breakfast or brunch or even dinner with some freshly toasted and buttered artisan or multigrain bread. Mmmm, warm hearty savory breakfast for the win.

    This Shakshuka comes together quickly and looks so pretty! Use a large skillet to accommodate as many sweet potato slices as possible. 

    To make soy-free, omit the tofu or use chickpea tofu. 


    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potato | Vegan Richa

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    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potatoes & Tofu

    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet potatoes and Tofu. Amazing breakfast or brunch of saucy tomatoes, onion & peppers with sweet potato + tofu egg. Gluten-free Recipe
    Prep Time15 minutes mins
    Cook Time25 minutes mins
    Total Time40 minutes mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: African
    Servings: 2
    Calories: 155kcal
    Author: Vegan Richa

    Ingredients

    • pressed firm tofu as needed
    • 1 tsp oil
    • 3/4 cup (10.5 g) chopped red onion 1 small onion
    • 1 hot green chile or jalapeno
    • 3 cloves of garlic chopped
    • 3/4 cup (111.75 g) chopped red or green bell pepper
    • 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) ground cumin
    • 1/3 tsp (0.33 tsp) salt
    • 2 cups (298 g) chopped tomato 2 large tomatoes
    • 1/2 cup (125 ml) water
    • 1 medium sweet potato thinly sliced (peeled if needed, then sliced)
    • 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) indian black salt kala namak
    • 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) black pepper
    • nutritional yeast to taste

    Instructions

    • Slice lightly pressed tofu into a fat circle using a cookie cutter. Slice the circle to make thin (1/4 inch thick) circles. Rub kala namak on each of the circles, both sides, and set aside.
    • In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and a pinch of salt and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic, chile and peppers and cook until onion is translucent. 3 to 4 minutes.
    • Add cumin,salt and tomatoes and mix and cook until slightly saucy. 3 to 4 minutes. Mash the larger tomatoes. Add water and mix. Place sweet potato slices, sprinkle a little kala namak on the slices, and cook for 11 to 14 minutes or until sweet potato slices are tender to preference.
    • Place the tofu circles under each of the sweet potato slices. Sprinkle black pepper, more kala namak and a generous dash of nutritional yeast on each of the egg structures. Cover and cook for 2 minutes. Let it sit for another 2 minutes before serving. Garnish with fresh cilantro or parsley, serve with toasted bread or pita.

    Notes

    Variations: add harissa spice blend or paste, or chipotle pepper powder, or garam masala for flavor variations.
    Nutritional values based on one serving

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potatoes & Tofu
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 155 Calories from Fat 27
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 3g5%
    Sodium 571mg25%
    Potassium 763mg22%
    Carbohydrates 26g9%
    Fiber 5g21%
    Sugar 10g11%
    Protein 5g10%
    Vitamin A 12210IU244%
    Vitamin C 97.4mg118%
    Calcium 52mg5%
    Iron 1.7mg9%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

    Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potato | Vegan Richa 

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    1. Raye Pankratz

      October 09, 2018 at 1:58 pm

      Never mind my previous comment. I missed the line where it says to use chickpea tofu.

      Reply
    2. Raye Pankratz

      October 09, 2018 at 1:56 pm

      Since I’m highly allergic to soy would Chickpea Tofu work in this?

      Reply
    3. Jo Alex SG

      July 27, 2016 at 9:35 am

      5 stars
      This must be utterly delicious! I would just swap the sweet potatoes for eggplant or some other veggie I like better. Thank you so much for this recipe and all the others in your site!

      Reply
    4. Noga

      March 07, 2016 at 10:02 am

      it’s an Israeli dish actually..
      by the way, you don’t have to mash the tomatoes, you can just cover the pan and it will do the same work (:

      Reply
      • Richa

        March 07, 2016 at 10:14 am

        its popular in many regions. thanks for the info on the tomatoes.

        Reply
    5. lani

      February 21, 2016 at 12:27 pm

      Another wonderful inventive recipe from you..You are so talented, but what the heck is chickpea tofu? I have never heard of it. Maybe we don’t have it on the East Coast

      Reply
      • Richa

        February 21, 2016 at 2:09 pm

        Chickpea Tofu is tofu made with chickpea flour. You can make it at home. There is a recipe for it in my book. Or look for burmese tofu recipe online. I don;t think any brand makes it yet. It is not difficult to make.

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    6. Steven Cayre

      January 03, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks for sharing this recipe. I gave it a go tonight and substituted the sweet potato w/ regular potato sliced almost as thinly as I could w/o using a mandolin but couldn’t seem to get it to cook through (even after adding 8 more min of cook time). Will try it once more next week slicing them even thinner.

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      • Richa

        January 03, 2016 at 10:43 pm

        hmm. 15 minutes is plenty time to cook the potatoes. Maybe add some more water, Cover and cook.

        Reply
    7. jackie

      August 11, 2015 at 5:25 am

      5 stars
      I made this last night, substituting regular potato for sweet potato. It is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for this!! Perfection.

      Reply
      • Richa

        August 11, 2015 at 10:35 am

        Awesome!

        Reply
    8. Jessica

      July 07, 2015 at 11:46 am

      5 stars
      Fan freaking tastic. I really loved this version of the shakshuka.

      Reply
    9. Cori Magee

      July 06, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      I love eggs and I’m not vegan, but I’m still going to try this with tofu and sweet potato, it looks so good!

      Reply
      • Richa

        July 06, 2015 at 3:48 pm

        great! definitely use the Indian black salt (kala namak ) 🙂

        Reply
    10. Anna

      April 08, 2015 at 10:33 am

      it sounds super exotic and delicious!! yummy

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    11. IR

      April 08, 2015 at 4:55 am

      Wow, this looks amazingly delicious & beautiful! What a great vegan version =)
      I saw the post in the news!

      Reply
    12. Mayana

      April 07, 2015 at 2:57 pm

      I Love all of your recipes. This Looks so delicous! You don’t cook the tofu first?

      Reply
      • Richa

        April 07, 2015 at 3:44 pm

        no. it doesn’t need to be cooked. if you like it cooked, simmer it for 5 to 6 minutes at the last step.

        Reply
    13. Ana @ Ana's Rocket Ship

      April 07, 2015 at 1:21 am

      I love how colourful you’ve made this!!!

      Reply
    14. Marty

      April 06, 2015 at 3:30 pm

      Love every recipe you post! I don’t always have the ingredients you use, but bookmark them for later!

      I have a butternut squash I will have on hand instead of the sweet potato (used last night in a dish).

      Yum! But then again I love, love, anything Indian cooking inspired, and vegan to boot. I’m truly in heaven.

      Reply
      • Richa

        April 07, 2015 at 11:22 pm

        Awesome! So glad you like everything!

        Reply
    15. Maria

      April 06, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      I love the way you veganized this! I never would have thought of using sweet potato with tofu to replace an egg, super clever (not to mention healthier!). It looks beautiful, too. Thanks for the recipe!

      Reply
    16. Cassie

      April 06, 2015 at 2:06 pm

      This looks so good! I’ve always wanted to try shakshuka!

      Reply

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