Vegan Sweet Potato Curry (Crockpot Recipe) (2024)

FAQs

Can you put a jar of curry in the slow cooker? ›

This easy to make beef curry uses a jar of curry sauce and is cooked in the slow cooker. Just pop the ingredients in the slow cooker, switch on and leave to cook slowly.

The curry base is made with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, red chilli powder and garam masala. I prefer to go with potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, cauliflower, corn and bell peppers. Though you can use other veggies like baby corn, sweet potato and broccoli, the curry will have different flavors.

AS long as it's not empty, absolutely you can. It's no different than cooking food all day while you're away. That's the beauty of a slow cooker - it takes a long time at low heat and it doesn't care if it's daytime or nightime!

Your curry can taste bitter if the spices and garlic are burnt or if you've added too much fenugreek to the dish.

Make a quick and summery veggie curry with tofu and spinach for an easy midweek meal. Serve with lime wedges and wholemeal chapatis.

Waxy potatoes like Yukon gold, white potatoes and russet potatoes are best for curry. However any other kind of potatoes are okay if you cook them just until fork tender so they retain their shape. Avoid using new potatoes.

I boil the veg for a bit with the lid off on a high heat so the water will evaporate off. Then add a bit of oil so the veg won't stick and cook until the veg browns a bit but this sometimes results in mushy veg. Then i chuck in some chickpeas, curry paste and tinned tomatoes or coconut milk.

I am often asked if you can put coconut milk in a crockpot—the answer is yes, but not until the end of the recipe. I repeat, do not add coconut milk to a slow cooker right at the beginning; it will curdle as the recipe cooks.

A general rule of thumb from Luis Sanchez, senior category manager for the appliance manufacturer Breville: To go from "High" to "Low" (or vice versa), multiply (or divide) the original time by 1.5 to 2.5 hours. And as with the cooking times for specific ingredients, these times are approximate.

Will coconut milk split in the slow cooker? ›

Creamy ingredients (whether they're dairy or non-dairy) can split in a slow cooker. Avoid adding milk, cream, yoghurt, coconut cream or coconut milk at the beginning of cooking as it can end up curdled and grainy. For the best results, stir through at the end of the cooking time and warm through gently without boiling.

Information. Reheating leftovers in a slow cooker is not recommended.

While specially designated “slow cooker” sauces are not ideal for stovetop (because they are designed for long cooking to reach their potential), “simmer sauces” can absolutely be used in the slow cooker because their flavors won't be damaged by the low heat of slow cooking. Which means they're interchangeable!

You can make this even more straightforward by just dumping the jar of sauce and the chicken into the slow cooker - leaving out the rest of the ingredients, but it won't taste half as good.

Instead of buying a separate mini slow cooker, you can place a 2-cup heat-resistant glass measuring cup inside your regular slow cooker! This trick is great for small batches of slow-cooked foods, like dips, toppings, or cooking for one.