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Scrambled tofu with tomatoes and green bell peppers. A vegan recipe from allaboutvegans.com.

Vegan scrambled tofu with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers (Greek kayanas)

Vegan kayanas or strapatsada. Quick, delicious, and nutritious! Ideal for breakfast and appetizer. In just three steps: prepare the tofu, chop the vegetables and then cook them all in a pan. Bon appetit!

Course Main Dish, Appetizer, Breakfast

Cuisine Vegan, Greek / Vegan, Italian, Persian, Turkish

Keyword tofu, vegan, vegetarian, thyme, kayanas, yellow peppers, onion powder, lenten, fasting, tomatoes, scrambled, strapatsada, recipe, tomatoes, tofu, vegetarian, plantbased

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings appetizers

Calories 478kcal

Author Thodoris Tibilis

Ingredients

For the marinade

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp thyme dried
¼ tsp turmeric powder
¼ tsp curry
¼ tsp sweet paprika
¼ tsp garlic powder (optional)

For kayanas

3 Tbsp olive oil
1 firm tofu (200 g/ 7 oz)
2 ripe tomatoes without the seeds, diced
1 small onion cut in half and then into thin slices
½ green bell pepper cut into thin slices
2 Tbsp fresh parsley finely chopped
½ tsp thyme dried
salt and pepper (optional)

Instructions

Preparation of tofu

Put all the marinade ingredients in a bowl. Stir well and allow the flavors to come together for 2 minutes.
In the meantime, drain the tofu by squeezing it gently between your palms, to press out the moisture. About half to one minute is enough. But be careful so that it doesn't come apart. If you don't have the time or you're just bored of draining the tofu with your hands, you can use this little kitchen gadget ;)
Then crumble the tofu with your fingers into the marinade bowl. Larger pieces should not exceed a small bite-size. Stir well and let it marinate for 5 minutes.

Vegan scrambled tofu (Greek kayanas)

Heat a pan over medium to high heat and pour the olive oil.
Once hot, add the onions and thyme and stir for two minutes.
Add the peppers and stir for another minute.
Next, add the tomatoes and stir for 3 minutes, until they are "caramelized". It's important that there are no liquids left in the pan.
Finally, add the tofu (as it is with the marinade), parsley, salt, and pepper and stir for another 5 minutes.

Serving

Serve immediately. You can serve it as breakfast, as an appetizer or even as a main course. It's served as it is or, if desired, accompanied with cherry tomatoes cut in half.
Alternatively, serve on open Arabic wrap or a large, thick, toasted slice of bread. In the end, add freshly ground pepper or parsley.
Another delicious idea is to use it as filling for wraps.

Notes

To save time, start with the marinade and while you wait, wash and chop your vegetables. Two minutes before the marinade is complete start heating the pan.
Taste before adding salt, because the soy sauce is already salty.
You can create many variations by trying out ingredients, such as red peppers, onions, coriander, cumin, sweet or smoked paprika, cayenne, or ginger.
For extra flavor, try adding a little black salt (it gives egg flavor) and / or half with a tablespoon of nutritional yeast (two minutes before removing it from the pan)… you will not regret it :)

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