This vegetable curry recipe is a simple, flavourful dish packed with colourful vegetables and aromatic spices, all slow cooked to perfection.
What You Need
The ingredients below are enough to make a vegetable curry for four generous servings. You can scale up or down accordingly.
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- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 4 – 6 tablespoons curry paste (choose your preferred type)
- 400ml can of chopped tomatoes
- 400ml can of coconut milk
- 1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 1 red & 1 yellow pepper, sliced
- 2 medium courgettes, sliced
- 400g can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
Making It
Prepare the vegetables by chopping the sweet potato and carrots to similar sizes – there is no need to peel them unless you prefer to. Slice the courgettes and deseed and chop the peppers. Finely chop the onions and crush the garlic, peel and grate the ginger and finely chop the red chilli.
Add all the vegetables directly to the slow cooker.
Pour in the chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, chickpeas and curry paste.
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Gently stir the ingredients together so that the curry paste is spread about.
Place the lid on the slow cooker and set it off on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours. Check that the ingredients are cooked through, especially the sweet potatoes and carrots.
Before serving, taste and season the curry with salt and pepper as needed. Stir well to ensure the seasoning is evenly distributed.
Ladle the vegetable curry into bowls and garnish with fresh coriander. Serve hot with cooked rice or naan bread on the side.
Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry Tips
- For extra flavour, you can add a squeeze of lime juice or a sprinkle of crushed nuts on top before serving.
- This curry is versatile; feel free to substitute or add any vegetables you prefer or have on hand.
- Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days or frozen for up to a month. Reheat thoroughly before serving.
I hope you like this vegetable curry, for more slow cooker recipes check out leek and potato soup, chickpea curry, stuffed peppers and sweet potato and red lentil curry.
Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry
Ingredients
- 1 large onion finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger grated
- 1 red chilli finely chopped
- 4-6 tbsp curry paste choose your preferred type
- 400 ml can of chopped tomatoes
- 400 ml can of coconut milk
- 1 large sweet potato peeled and cubed
- 2 large carrots sliced
- 1 red & 1 yellow pepper sliced
- 2 medium courgettes sliced
- 400 g can of chickpeas drained and rinsed
Instructions
- Add all the vegetables directly to the slow cooker.
- Pour in the chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, chickpeas and curry paste.
- Gently stir the ingredients together so that the curry paste is spread about.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and set it off on low for 6 to 8 hours or high for 3 to 4 hours. Check that the ingredients are cooked through, especially the sweet potatoes and carrots.
- Before serving, taste and season the curry with salt and pepper as needed. Stir well to ensure the seasoning is evenly distributed.
- garnish with fresh coriander. Serve hot with cooked rice or naan bread on the side.
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