Slow cooker sweet potato soup. Lightly spiced, comforting & vegan!

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 480 minutes
  • Total time: 490 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Soup, Vegetarian
  • Cuisine: World

Ingredients

to slow cook

  • 2 sweet potatoes (around 500 grams)
  • 1.5 cups water or vegetable broth
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 small red onion
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
  • pinch turmeric
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg powder
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

to blend after slow cooking

  • 1.5 cups water or vegetable broth
  • 1/2 cup +2 tablespoons lite coconut milk

Method

  1. To a slow cooked add chopped sweet potatoes, diced carrot, chopped ginger, chopped onion.
  2. Add salt, pepper, cumin, cayenne, nutmeg and pinch of turmeric.
  3. Add 1.5 cups water or vegetable broth and give a stir.
  4. Slow cook for 8 hours on low.
  5. In the morning use your immersion blender to blend everything to a smooth paste. Or blend using your regular blender.
  6. Add more vegetable broth or water and also stir in the coconut milk. Mix till everything is well combined.
  7. Serve the sweet potato soup with some pumpkin seeds on top.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.