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Food for gay men: Turmeric Tofu Vegan Stir-fry

Delicious and healthy.

Gareth Johnson

22 Jul 2025 • 3 min read

This is a simple fry-up that you can adapt to whatever you've got to hand.

This is a vegan version, but you could easily swap out the tofu for your protein of choice.

Ingredients

This serves 3-4 people.

Rice
Garlic
Cashew nuts
Sesame oil
Fresh ginger
Spring onions
Broccoli
Tofu
Turmeric
Lime

Method

Cook the rice

Cook enough rice for 3-4 people.
Basmati rice is a good choice for this dish, but any long-grain rice will work.
Add a whole clove of garlic before you start cooking the rice, this adds some extra flavour.

Toast the cashews

You need enough cashews so that everyone gets about a handful on their plate.
Use raw cashews that haven't been roasted or salted.
Heat a frying pan and toast the cashews until brown.
Set to one side.

Fry the aromatics

Use some cooking oil (canola or peanut or olive) and fry off the aromatics.
Use as much ginger and garlic as you want, but as a guide it's probably about 3 cloves of garlic and a good chunk of ginger. Chop them finely or crush them to maximise flavour distribution.
Add a couple of finely chopped spring onions and fry until cooked.

Add the protein and the veg

You probably need somewhere around 300-400g of tofu - diced. Add this into your aromatics and keep cooking.
Use a whole head of broccoli. You'll need to chop this into small florets so that they can cook quickly.
Cook until the broccoli is tender - you may need to add a little water if your pan is getting sticky.

Complete the flavour profile

Add turmeric - about 1/2 teaspoon. Stir this through as your mixture is cooking. The tofu will absorb colour but it's the broccoli that will be soaking up a lot of the flavour.
Add salt to taste.
When you're ready to serve, squeeze a fresh lime over the dish to add some zing.

Garnish and serve

You can take everything to the table and serve it family style, or you can build an individual plate or bowl for each guest.
Use a serve of rice as your base.
Spoon on the tofu and broccoli.
Add a handful of toasted cashews.
Garnish with fresh red chilli, finely chopped.
Add some kim chi to the plate. You can omit the kim chi if you're not a fan, but it does add a punch of umami flavour to the palette which adds some extra interest as you're eating.

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