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Vegetarian slow cooker recipes

16 vegetarian recipes for the slow cooker, sorted by popularity.

Michelin Star Indian Chef Reveals How To Make The Perfect Dal | My Greatest Dishes
Vegetarian · 8 hours

Michelin Star Indian Chef Reveals How To Make The Perfect Dal | My Greatest Dishes

Atul Kochhar's mum's dal makhani, the dish he called his most personal: black lentils slow-cooked with red kidney beans, ginger and chilli, finished with a tomato-onion masala, butter, cream, garam masala and fenugreek.

Prep 20 min Cook 8 hr Serves 4
The Best Comfort Food Ever? - Dal Tadka
Vegetarian · 6 hours

The Best Comfort Food Ever? - Dal Tadka

Andy Cooks' dal tadka built on toor dal, tomato and onion masala, finished with a hot infused-ghee tarka and the dunga method to add real smokiness. Adapted for the slow cooker without losing the layered finish.

Prep 20 min Cook 6 hr Serves 4
Vegan Shepherd's Pie | Jamie Oliver
Vegetarian · 5 hours

Vegan Shepherd's Pie | Jamie Oliver

Jamie's vegan shepherd's pie filling adapted for the slow cooker: olive oil, rosemary and garlic base, button mushrooms with ground coriander, a bag of frozen chopped veg, red wine, lentils and chickpeas, sun-dried tomatoes and a porcini-Marmite-miso stock. Mash-topped and oven-finished.

Prep 30 min Cook 5 hr Serves 6
How to make homemade Tarka Dhal!
Vegetarian · 5 hours

How to make homemade Tarka Dhal!

Latif's Inspired's tarka dal: red lentils simmered with onion, tomato, turmeric, ginger and chilli, finished with a separate hot tarka of mustard seeds, Kashmiri chilli and caramelised onion. Adapted for the slow cooker.

Prep 10 min Cook 5 hr Serves 2
Easy Vegetable Curry | Tim Shieff
Vegetarian · 5 hours

Easy Vegetable Curry | Tim Shieff

Tim Shieff's vegan curry built around a whole butternut squash, finished with chickpeas and a Madras curry tomato base. Adapted for the slow cooker, with the squash still roasted upfront for that toasted spice depth.

Prep 20 min Cook 5 hr Serves 4
Fragrant Veggie Curry | Jamie Oliver
Vegetarian · 3 hours

Fragrant Veggie Curry | Jamie Oliver

Jamie's family-friendly veggie curry adapted for the slow cooker. Courgette, carrot, parsnip and butternut squash roasted with Madras paste, then folded into a sauce of ginger, garlic, mango chutney, tinned tomatoes and coconut milk for a long low meld.

Prep 60 min Cook 3 hr Serves 6
Coconut Chickpea Curry with Spinach | Vegan - Vegetarian Recipe that will Blow your MIND!!!
Vegetarian · 5 hours

Coconut Chickpea Curry with Spinach | Vegan - Vegetarian Recipe that will Blow your MIND!!!

Latif's vegan coconut chickpea curry rebuilt for the slow cooker. Onion, ginger and garlic cooked down with coriander, turmeric, chilli and Kashmiri chilli, then chickpeas, fresh tomato puree and coconut milk go in the pot for a long low cook. Baby spinach wilts in at the end, kasuri methi rounds it out.

Prep 20 min Cook 5 hr Serves 4
Irish Stew with Root Veg | The Happy Pear
Vegetarian · 5 hours

Irish Stew with Root Veg | The Happy Pear

Stephen and David Flynn's vegetarian Irish stew of carrots, parsnip, leek and lentils in a herby veg stock, served over a kale colcannon mash. Adapted for the slow cooker.

Prep 20 min Cook 5 hr Serves 4
Coconut Chickpea Curry Meal Prep | Episode 5
Vegetarian · 4 hours

Coconut Chickpea Curry Meal Prep | Episode 5

Chef Jack Ovens' coconut chickpea curry, adapted for the slow cooker. Cumin, paprika, tomato and coconut milk over chickpeas, finished with baby spinach. Five meal-prep portions.

Prep 20 min Cook 4 hr Serves 5
Delicious Store-cupboard Chilli | Keep Cooking & Carry On | Jamie Oliver
Vegetarian · 6 hours

Delicious Store-cupboard Chilli | Keep Cooking & Carry On | Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver's flexible veggie chilli adapted for the slow cooker: peppers, mixed beans, plum tomatoes and roasted sweet potato folded in at the end.

Prep 25 min Cook 6 hr Serves 4
The easiest curry - POTATO CHICKPEA SPINACH curry | Healthy and Delicious and ready in 30 minutes
Vegetarian · 4 hours

The easiest curry - POTATO CHICKPEA SPINACH curry | Healthy and Delicious and ready in 30 minutes

Chetna Makan's mild potato, chickpea and spinach curry adapted for the slow cooker. Tomato gravy with turmeric and garam masala, finished with honey and lemon.

Prep 15 min Cook 4 hr Serves 6
How To Make Pumpkin Soup With Jamie Oliver
Vegetarian · 6 hours

How To Make Pumpkin Soup With Jamie Oliver

A silky, rustic pumpkin soup with rosemary, garlic and chicken stock, adapted for the slow cooker and served with Parmesan ciabatta crostini and crispy sage.

Prep 25 min Cook 6 hr Serves 6
Smoky Black Bean Stew with Rice and Salsa (Slow Cooker)
Vegetarian · 4 hours

Smoky Black Bean Stew with Rice and Salsa (Slow Cooker)

Jamie Oliver's smoky black bean stew with roasted butternut squash, peppers and okra. Vegetarian, four of your five-a-day, adapted for the slow cooker with a fresh lime salsa to finish.

Prep 20 min Cook 4 hr Serves 4
Vegan Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry (Slow Cooker)
Vegetarian · 5 hours

Vegan Sweet Potato and Coconut Curry (Slow Cooker)

Happy Pear's vegan sweet potato curry rebuilt for the slow cooker. Two red onions, garlic, ginger and a red chilli soften in oil first, then 750 g of skin-on sweet potato, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a tin of full-fat coconut milk and a tin of cooked lentils go in the pot. Spinach wilts in at the end, lime juice lifts everything at the table.

Prep 15 min Cook 5 hr Serves 4
Easy Slow Cooker Lasagna | One Pot Chef
Vegetarian · 6 hours

Easy Slow Cooker Lasagna | One Pot Chef

One Pot Chef's simplest lasagna build. Two 500 g packs of ricotta whipped with mozzarella, parmesan, frozen spinach (squeezed dry), and a sachet of dried vegetable soup mix. Layered raw with dried lasagna sheets (broken to fit) and jarred tomato pasta sauce in the slow cooker, 5-6 hours on low. A final sprinkle of cheese and a 10-minute melt-and-rest. No browning, no boiling pasta, no stove.

Prep 15 min Cook 6 hr Serves 6
Allotment Cottage Pie (Slow Cooker)
Vegetarian · 4 hours

Allotment Cottage Pie (Slow Cooker)

Jamie's meat-free cottage pie rebuilt for the slow cooker. Carrots, half a swede, half a celeriac and two leeks are coated in rosemary-flavoured olive oil and a pinch of cumin seeds. Dried porcini, Marmite, tomato puree and red onion blitz into the gravy that joins them in the pot. A tin of lentils thickens it. Four hours low and a 1.2 kg mash topping, then oven to brown.

Prep 35 min Cook 4 hr Serves 6