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.
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.
Look at the gorgeous deep colors!
More breakfast options from the blog
- Smoky Asparagus Tofu Scramble. Spring Vegan Glutenfree
- Soy-free White bean Broccolini Frittata
- Chickpea scramble sandwich
- Sweet Potato Crepes Stuffed with smoky millet. GF
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Vegan Shakshuka with Sweet Potatoes & Tofu
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.
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Cassie says
April 6, 2015 at 2:06 pmThis looks so good! I’ve always wanted to try shakshuka!
Maria says
April 6, 2015 at 2:13 pmI 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!
Marty says
April 6, 2015 at 3:30 pmLove 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.
Richa says
April 7, 2015 at 11:22 pmAwesome! So glad you like everything!
Ana @ Ana's Rocket Ship says
April 7, 2015 at 1:21 amI love how colourful you’ve made this!!!
Mayana says
April 7, 2015 at 2:57 pmI Love all of your recipes. This Looks so delicous! You don’t cook the tofu first?
Richa says
April 7, 2015 at 3:44 pmno. it doesn’t need to be cooked. if you like it cooked, simmer it for 5 to 6 minutes at the last step.
IR says
April 8, 2015 at 4:55 amWow, this looks amazingly delicious & beautiful! What a great vegan version =)
I saw the post in the news!
Anna says
April 8, 2015 at 10:33 amit sounds super exotic and delicious!! yummy
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Cori Magee says
July 6, 2015 at 2:53 pmI love eggs and I’m not vegan, but I’m still going to try this with tofu and sweet potato, it looks so good!
Richa says
July 6, 2015 at 3:48 pmgreat! definitely use the Indian black salt (kala namak ) 🙂
Jessica says
July 7, 2015 at 11:46 amFan freaking tastic. I really loved this version of the shakshuka.
jackie says
August 11, 2015 at 5:25 amI made this last night, substituting regular potato for sweet potato. It is absolutely fantastic. Thanks for this!! Perfection.
Richa says
August 11, 2015 at 10:35 amAwesome!
Steven Cayre says
January 3, 2016 at 10:35 pmThanks 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.
Richa says
January 3, 2016 at 10:43 pmhmm. 15 minutes is plenty time to cook the potatoes. Maybe add some more water, Cover and cook.
lani says
February 21, 2016 at 12:27 pmAnother 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
Richa says
February 21, 2016 at 2:09 pmChickpea 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.
Noga says
March 7, 2016 at 10:02 amit’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 (:
Richa says
March 7, 2016 at 10:14 amits popular in many regions. thanks for the info on the tomatoes.
Jo Alex SG says
July 27, 2016 at 9:35 amThis 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!
Raye Pankratz says
October 9, 2018 at 1:56 pmSince I’m highly allergic to soy would Chickpea Tofu work in this?
Raye Pankratz says
October 9, 2018 at 1:58 pmNever mind my previous comment. I missed the line where it says to use chickpea tofu.