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Instant Pot Eggplant Sweet Potato Lentil Curry. Mung Beans, lentils, spices, sweet potato and eggplant make a filling curry or soup. Use other veggies of choice. Vegan Gluten-free Soy-free Nut-free Recipe. Make it in a saucepan or InstantPot Pressure Cooker. Easily made oil-free.
This 1 Pot Sweet Potato Eggplant and Lentil Curry is easy, flavorful and comes together quickly. I make variations of this often with brown or green lentils, green mung beans, a combination of the two, different veggies and spices. The combination of earthy lentils, hearty mung beans and veggies like eggplant and sweet potato makes for an amazing meal. Use any veggies of choice.
Serve this hearty warming bowl as a soup or as dal with rice or grains or flatbread. Make it with various spice blends as garam masala or berbere or baharat (from my book (get both now with holiday deals and super low prices!).
See video below for the curry with brown lentils and mung beans.
More Instant Pot Recipes
- Instant Pot Vegan Butter Chickin(soycurls). GF
- Lentil Veggie Dhansak – Lentil Veggie Stew in IP. GF
- Kohlapuri Veggies – Veggies in sesame coconut sauce GF
- Mushroom Matar Masala GF
- Aloo Palak Dal- Potato Spinach Lentils in IP. GF
- Eggplant Sambhar – Eggplant Split pea soup
- Aloo Gobi – Spiced potato and cauliflower
When doubling soups and curries, double everything except water. Use atleast quarter amount less than double, so 3.5 cups water when doubled. 3 cups for thicker consistency.
Video:
Instant Pot Sweet Potato Lentil Curry
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup lentils or a mix of (brown/green) lentils and mung beans, , soaked in warm hot water for atleast 15 mins
- 1 tsp oil, , or use water to saute to make oil-free
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
- an inch of ginger, chopped
- 1/2 or 1 hot green chile, chopped
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 to 1 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin or ground coriander
- 15 oz tomatoes, (2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1 cup (heaping) chopped eggplant, , or use other hearty vegetables of choice
- 1 cup cubed sweet potatoes
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups water, 3 cups for saucepan
- a big handful of spinach
- cayenne and lemon/lime to taste
- pepper flakes for garnish
Instructions
- Soak the lentils if you havent already and get the ingredients ready, Switch the IP to saute. Add oil and let it get hot.
- Add onion, garlic, ginger, chile and a pinch of salt. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stir frequently.
- Add spices and mix in. Add tomatoes and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Mash larger pieces.
- Add the veggies, salt, lentils and water and mix in.
- Close the lid, to sealing, and cook on manual for 11 to 12 minutes (on high pressure). Let the pressure release naturally.
- Fold in spinach, cayenne and lemon./lime. Let it sit for 2 mins or saute for 2 mins.. Adjust consistency if needed by adding a bit more water or non dairy milk for creamier and mix in. Taste and adjust salt, spices (add more garam masala or curry powder if needed).
- Serve with flatbread or rice/cooked grains or as a soup with crackers.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Richa: I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, but this is the third time this happened. Each time I make one of the IP dishes it comes out overcooked. I even reduced the time to 10 mins for this one but ran into the same problem. I have the IP-DUO does that have something to do with it? Or should the pressure be low pressure? I really want these recipes to work out
Can you explain overcooked? is it that the lentils are mushy or the veggies? Maybe its the type of the lentils.
Should I salt and press the eggplant prior to placing in the IP or does the added water help with the cooking?
you dont need to salt the eggplant. There is enough water and pressure to cook it well.
Loved this! I just got my IP. Seems to be a shortage of vegan IP recipes out there. Post more if you can!
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Yummm! Do you think soaked adzuki beans would work in place of lentils?
Adzuki beans probably need 15 to 20 minutes cooking time and the veggies will overcook in that much time. You can precook the beans and use the cooked beans in the recipe, reduce the water to half, and cook on manual for 3 mins.
This is a new recipe staple! I cannot wait to make this dish again!
For the tomatoes, do you mean “15 oz tomatoes equals 2 tomatoes chopped” OR a 15 oz can of chopped tomatoes or 2 tomatoes chopped? The ingredients list says ” 15 oz tomatoes 2 tomatoes, chopped”
Thank you for the recipe!
oh it should say “or”. Yes 2 juicy medium-large tomatoes should yield that much.
LOVED this recipe. One of my first IP recipes and I will definitely be making this on a regular basis.
I didn’t soak the lentils in advance and it still came out perfectly! Did 12 minutes high pressure – will make it at 11 minutes next time.
I added a green bell pepper and extra ginger. Can’t wait to add mushrooms and carrots as well.
Thanks for this amazing recipe!!!
Awesome!
If you double the ingredients should you double the water?
i would do 1.5 times water or slightly more thank 1.5 times, when doubling. everything else doubles
I was wondering what the serving size is? it says 4 servings but I was unable to locate how much a serving for 200 calories was.
Thank you so much! I love this website so much! I use it every week.
its for 1 of 4 serves. Multiply the values by 4. thats for the whole dish, then divide it based on how many servings you want