Sweet Potato and Lentil Curry
Quickest and easiest lentil curry recipe!
There’re so many varieties of lentil curry. But this recipe is the tastiest, quickest and easiest: it takes only 5 minutes of preparation.
Bonus : it makes a complete meal because your vegetables are already in it!
VARIANTS : so many different versions of this recipe can be made.
You can replace cauliflower with broccoli or cubes of sweet potatoes with squash.
You can also add squash or white turnip puree, slightly decreasing the amount of vegetable broth.
CAUTION: don’t replace green lentils with black ones, as curry will have a funny color. If you replace with red lentils, the curry will rather have the consistency of puree, because red lentils don’t keep their shape and they’re much smaller.
Prep : 5 min
Cooking : 6 hrs
Servings: 8
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup vegetable broth
1 can (14 oz/398 ml) diced tomatoes
1 cauliflower, into florets
1 can (14 oz/398 ml) coconut milk
1 1/2 cup dried lentils, rinsed and drained
2 cups (280 g) sweet potatoes
1 onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
Salt & pepper
Preparation
In the slow cooker, combine all the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours. It can be maintained on Warm for up to 8 hours. Add broth if needed.
Serve with naan bread. You can top it with parmesan cheeze.
In this version, white turnip puree and butternut squash cubes were added, while cauliflower was omitted.
