A Thai inspired Vegan Yellow Tofu Curry is ready on the table in less than 30-minutes! Super easy and delicious.

This Vegan Thai Yellow Tofu Curry was inspired by our recent trip to Thailand back in February, where curries were a staple in our daily diet. We actually had our first vegan tofu curry in a shack on the island of Lanta. It was a masaman curry with tofu and taro and so many flavors, we were in heaven, and I was immediately determined to make it ourselves, as soon as we got back home.
The beauty of curries is the variety of ingredients you can throw in a pot. Like, almost anything goes. We like to use plenty of vegetables and some kind of protein (lately, tofu is our primary choice), add the base curry paste and coconut milk, and just let it cook slowly, like a stew or sauce.
To make this Vegan Thai Yellow Tofu Curry you only need 5 basic ingredients:
- a curry paste, that you can buy in all supermarkets or in the Asian store
- tofu
- vegetables
- coconut milk and
- vegetable stock
For this dish, we chose a mild yellow curry paste. To keep the dish vegan, make sure the curry paste is vegan as well, as many of them tend to use shrimps, which is a big no-no in our household anyway, as Mitja is allergic to shellfish.
You start by gently cooking the curry paste in a bit of oil to darken in. Then, you add in half the coconut milk and you cook it with the curry paste for a couple of minutes, until the fat in the coconut milk starts to separate. You should see it as traces of darker liquid.
Then, add in vegetables of your choice. Start with the sturdier vegetables, like onions, carrots, and eggplant, that need a longer cooking time. Also, at this point add in the rest of the coconut milk and the vegetable broth and let it cook on low to medium heat. Then, about 15 minutes in, add your softer vegetables, like zucchini, and tofu.
Cook for another 5 minutes, and then your curry should be done. Easy peasy!
Serve with some cooked rice, we like plain basmati rice or a blend of white and wholegrain long-grain rice.
This dish is great for meal-prep, as it will keep really well refrigerated up to 3 days.
A Thai inspired Vegan Yellow Tofu Curry is ready on the table in less than 30-minutes! Super easy and delicious. Nutrition data is automatically calculated using Nutritionix and may not be accurate.Vegan Thai Yellow Tofu Curry
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4
Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 372Total Fat: 31gSaturated Fat: 22gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 643mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 5gSugar: 8gProtein: 10g
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