Cholent Sweet Potato Vegan
Ingredients
6 ounces dry lentils soaked 3 days
4 ½ C water
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 sweet potato cooked cubed
3 carrots chopped
1 small onion chopped
½ C wild rice
¼ C shredded coconut
2 tsp cinnamon
1 clove garlic
4 pitted chopped dates
Preparation
Soak lentils for three days and rinse daily under the spigot adding fresh water. Rub the inside of your pot with olive oil. Combine lentils, wild rice and water in the pot. Cook on low for about an hour. In another pan add the oil and the sweet potato, carrot and onion. Once sautéed, add the vegetables to the pot with the lentils and wild rice. Add the seasonings. Add coconut. Cover and cook on very low for 6 hours or longer. Add the chopped dates. Serve hot with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Cholent is a Jewish stew. It is usually simmered overnight for 12 hours or more, and eaten for lunch on Shabbat (the Sabbath).
