Today we are going to prepare a vegan vegetable stew, with purely vegetable ingredients. The recipe is delicious and I invite you to try it.
What is a stew?
A stew is a cooking dish consisting of a stew of meat or vegetables cooked slowly, sometimes with a sauce, usually served with rice, pasta or other ingredients. Stew is usually a very nutritious dish, with ingredients such as vegetables, meat, legumes, etc., which are prepared with spices, such as salt, oregano, cumin, bay leaf and sweet paprika. This gives a delicious flavor to the preparation. It can be eaten both in cold and warm days, and it is very easy to prepare.
The most common in our society is that when we think of a stew, we think of the typical meat stew, but what option is left for vegans?
The alternative is to prepare a delicious vegan stew using only vegetables and seasonings. Without any meat or animal derivatives (bye-bye cheese, sorry).
The vegetable stew recipe is super simple and I assure you that you will love it.
Ingredients:
- 1 Onion
- 1/2 Sweet bell pepper
- 2 carrots
- 2 potatoes
- 1 piece of pumpkin
- Salt, oregano, cumin, sweet paprika
- 2 tomatoes
- Water
Preparation of vegan vegetable stew
- First of all, we are going to cut onion, bell bell pepper, potato, pumpkin and carrot into small squares. The pieces of potato, pumpkin and carrot should be of the same size so that they can be cooked evenly.
- We are going to cook them with a little oil in a clay pot (if you have one) or a common pot.
- We are also going to cut in half some cherry tomatoes or a common tomato in small squares and we are going to add them five minutes after we have added the potato, the pumpkin and the carrot.
- Add a little water to help cook everything and it’s time to season.
- I seasoned the vegan vegetable stew with a few bay leaves, sweet paprika to taste, oregano and a little cumin.
- Cover and wait until all the vegetables are cooked. The time may vary depending on the size in which you have cut them.
- When everything is cooked, turn off the heat and serve the preparation in a deep dish.
This vegan vegetable stew is a super simple meal to cook and excellent for the cold days of the year. You can use any vegetables you want (sweet potato, eggplant, green zucchini, etc). The combinations are endless, so you can use this recipe a lot of times and always get different results.
Vegetable stew in clay pots
Crock pots have many advantages for cooking. These pots are usually handmade and can absorb moisture from the food, which allows the food to cook slowly without evaporating too much water. This makes the food softer and keeps it more flavorful.
Crock pots are also naturally non-stick, which means that food will not stick to the bottom of the pot. This means there is less chance of burning the food while cooking.
Another advantage of cooking with a crock pot is that the food cooks evenly, as the heat is distributed evenly across the surface of the pot, resulting in more flavorful meals.
