Vegetable korma

[kyrielle]

Mmm. So, someone else posted about their chicken korma, and I went 'hey, I could do that....'

Except I'm trying to up my vegetables, so I went with a veggie one. And omitted the nuts. And of course no dairy so I omitted serving it with yogurt. Can I still use the name after that? Honestly, I don't care. It was tasty. Curry, yes, but mild and sweet, no bite at all. I might actually increase the spiciness a tiny bit next time...but I might not.

In the crockpot, because I am not up to standing over the stove right now for some odd reason.

The recipe (made up on the fly from what I found all over the internet and my own tastes, and then noted down after):

7 ounces chopped onion (white or yellow; I used yellow)
1 cup lentils, rinsed and picked through
1 tablespoon freeze dried garlic (equivalent fresh chopped would probably be better)
1 tablespoon curry powder
about 2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 cup raisins
15 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
2 pounds frozen vegetables (I got stew vegetables - potato, carrot, celery, and a few pearl onions)
13.5 ounce can coconut milk
2 cups water

Put everything in the crock pot, in that order. I stirred the first three together before piling the rest over top.

Turn the crock pot on high for six hours, stirring once at about the three hour mark and otherwise leaving it alone.

Served over rice tonight, but it was tasty when eaten straight during my test, too. Hee.

Drew picked the raisins out and ate them. Not a total win, but Scott and I were happy. And at least Drew didn't mind the curry overtones to his raisins. :P

Comments

[jumpuphigh]

I'm bookmarking this for when I next go grocery shopping. I've been looking for curry recipes for the crockpot. :D

[kyrielle]

Glad to oblige. It's a very mild, sweet curry - at least, unless you tweak it, it will be.

There are a few at A Year of Slow Cooking too, but I haven't tried them.

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2010/08/slow-cooker-marmalade-curry-chicken.html

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/07/crockpot-indian-curry-recipe.html

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/07/crockpot-thai-curry-recipe.html

Again - I haven't tried any of the three. Though the first tempts me. :)

[jumpuphigh]

Mild and sweet is good!

I have so many recipes from that blog on my too try list. Now that has finally cooled off, I need to pull out the crockpot and make a list of ingredients that need to be purchased. Looking in the cupboards this morning, that list is probably going to be "all of them."

[mika-vumner.livejournal.com]

That really sounds good to me!
But for raisins. *shudders* :P

But husband doesn't care for coconut. Might have to be something I try while he's offshore or the like though! :)

[kyrielle]

I like raisins, but I will note that raisins in a crock pot dish are NOT like raisins out of the bag. They do have some of the same flavor, but by the time they soak that long they are plumped up and juicy. If it's a flavor thing, you don't want them; if it's a texture thing, you might be okay.

As far as coconut, my husband can't stand it. He liked this. It blends in.

I've seen variations of the recipe that used cream or yogurt or milk or all of the above - search on "vegetarian korma crockpot" and you may find some - that would avoid the coconut milk altogether, though. Not as good for me since I couldn't eat them now, obviously, but! :)

One note - this nearly filled my crockpot. I can't remember if it's 5 or 6 quarts, but this is a lot of curry. It should freeze and then microwave fine, but obviously I haven't actually thawed any of what I froze yet.