| There is an old cooking method, which used to be | | | | only find light coconut milk, add some heavy cream to |
| very popular in India. It is called "dum pukht," and this | | | | the curry at the end of the cooking time to thicken it up |
| type of cooking uses a tightly covered clay pot over a | | | | a bit. |
| fire. The heat inside the clay pot would turn to steam | | | | Serve this Indian slow cooked curry with rice or with |
| and cook the food. You can recreate this traditional | | | | warmed Indian style naan bread or chapattis for a |
| Indian cooking method using a crockpot. | | | | hearty and warming dinner. This recipe serves six |
| When you are making curry recipes, you will usually | | | | people. |
| combine the sauce ingredients and then add the meat. | | | | What you will need: |
| The vegetables go on top. With crockpot cooking it is | | | | - 1 teaspoon ground coriander |
| often unnecessary to combine all the ingredients | | | | - 1 tablespoon tomato paste |
| together well, like you would do in a pot on the stove, | | | | - 1 can garbanzo beans |
| because the densest ingredients should go on the | | | | - 1 chopped yellow onion |
| bottom. | | | | - 1 teaspoon ground cumin |
| With Indian curry recipes the sauce becomes steam | | | | - 13 1/2 oz can coconut milk |
| and this permeates all the other ingredients, cooking | | | | - 1/2 eggplant |
| the meat and vegetables thoroughly and infusing | | | | - 1/2 inch grated fresh ginger |
| everything with the aromatic flavors from the sauce. | | | | - Few drops Tabasco sauce |
| Slow Cooked Indian Side Dishes | | | | - 1 peeled sweet potato |
| You can make side dishes in a crockpot, as well as | | | | - 1 green bell pepper |
| curry recipes, such as curried mixed vegetables, Indian | | | | - 3 cloves garlic |
| spiced green beans with tomatoes or a rice pilaf. Raw | | | | - 5 skinless, boneless chicken thighs |
| rice does not respond well to slow cooking because it | | | | - 2 tablespoons curry powder |
| goes mushy, so use par-boiled rice, add some | | | | How to make it: |
| seasonings and just finish it off in the slow cooker. | | | | Drain and rinse the garbanzo beans. Chop the sweet |
| A lot of Indian style side dishes are probably easier to | | | | potato, garlic, eggplant and bell pepper. Stir the coconut |
| make on the stove while the main dish cooks in the | | | | milk, Tabasco sauce, coriander, tomato paste, cumin, |
| crockpot. This includes sauteed vegetables, Indian style | | | | coconut milk, ginger, garlic and curry powder together |
| dips and sauces and various chutneys. You can buy | | | | in the crockpot, until the mixture is well combined. |
| poppadums or Indian bread and serve these on the | | | | Add the chicken and toss it a few times until it is |
| side, for dipping into the curry. | | | | coated. Pour in the rinsed beans. Sprinkle the chopped |
| Recipe for Crockpot Indian Curry with Sweet | | | | vegetables over the chicken and cover the crockpot. |
| Potatoes | | | | Cook for 5 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Stir |
| This is a really flavorful Indian curry recipe with sweet | | | | carefully, so as not to break the pieces of sweet |
| potato, beans, eggplant, chicken and more. If you can | | | | potato, and serve with rice. |