I'm dorsum from a two-week retreat of sorts together with feeling tired but rather refreshed. I managed to larn inwards to a greater extent than or less kitchen fourth dimension during my retreat, together with afterwards my final extremely
cheesy offering I am sharing a cleansing chickpea curry with spinach.
I adore all things legume, but if I could alone swallow i legume I would accept to become with chickpeas. These plump peas are a perfect vehicle for Indian spices, although they smoothen inwards whatsoever release of dishes, whole or footing up. Whenever I develop upward a pot of chickpeas for a dish, I ever soak to a greater extent than than I involve because I know I volition hold upward nibbling on handfuls of the peas earlier they fifty-fifty become far into the dish.
Chickpeas characteristic here, simmered inwards a spicy tomato-based kokosnoot sauce together with adorned with handfuls of nourishing together with earthy spinach. There is minimal training time, together with i time your beans are cooked it is simply a affair of throwing it all together on the stove top. Although it is a refreshing together with vibrant dish anytime, it is for certain suited to a busy weeknight repast exactly because it is hence slow to pose together. You may want to serve it with rice or your favorite Indian apartment bread. I select to develop upward a pot of quinoa that I tossed with fresh lemon juice i time it was cooked. Tangy, earthy together with spicy, this elementary curry is at i time a novel favorite together with i that I volition particularly maintain inwards take away heed when I am pressed for fourth dimension or don't experience similar fussing also long inwards the kitchen but withal want something to tantalize together with satisfy the sense of savour buds.
 Spicy Chickpeas inwards a Tomato Coconut Sauce |
Recipe past times Lisa Turner
Cuisine: Indian
Published on April 2, 2014
Simple, vibrant together with delicious chickpea together with spinach curry simmered inwards a flavorful spiced tomato plant together with kokosnoot milk sauce
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 loving cup dried chickpeas (3 1/2 cups cooked or 2 fourteen oz cans)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 inch slice fresh ginger, minced or grated
- 2 to three fresh greenish chilies, seeded together with finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon footing coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon footing cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 2 large tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1/3 loving cup kokosnoot milk, or to a greater extent than every bit needed
- 6 oz (175 g) fresh spinach, washed, trimmed together with roughly chopped or torn
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 1 teaspoon bounding main salt, or to taste
- fresh footing dark pepper
Instructions:
Rinse the chickpeas together with soak inwards plenty H2O to comprehend for 8 hours or overnight. Drain together with rinse, together with hence transfer to a medium saucepan together with comprehend with fresh water. Bring to a boil, bring down the oestrus to low, cover, together with simmer until the peas are tender — 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Drain together with laid aside. Heat the crude inwards a large saucepan over medium heat. When hot, add together the cumin seeds together with stir until the seeds darken a few shades — almost 1 minute. Toss inwards the garlic, ginger together with chilies, together with hap to stir for to a greater extent than or less other few minutes. Now add together the curry powder, footing coriander, footing cumin together with cayenne, together with stir for 1 infinitesimal until fragrant. Add the tomatoes together with simmer for five to 10 minutes until thickened. Now add together the cooked chickpeas together with simmer for to a greater extent than or less other five minutes. Whisk inwards the kokosnoot milk together with gently simmer for to a greater extent than or less other five minutes. Add to a greater extent than kokosnoot milk every bit desired. Add the spinach, a few handfuls at a time, until wilted. Once all of the spinach is added, simmer on depression oestrus for to a greater extent than or less other five minutes. Stir inwards the garam masala together with tabular array salt together with dark pepper to taste. Let sit down for five minutes together with serve hot with hot fresh cooked rice or Indian apartment breads. Notes: I used my ain homemade curry powder together with garam masala for this dish. I would never become dorsum afterwards making my ain blends. Their piece of occupation actually moves this dish upward a few levels on the sense of savour chain. If y'all wish, y'all tin flame piece of occupation heavy cream instead of the kokosnoot milk for a creamier sauce. You may involve to add together to a greater extent than kokosnoot milk or cream depending on your desired consistency.
Makes 4 to five servings |
Other chickpeas dishes from Lisa's Kitchen y'all are sure to enjoy:
Chana Chaat (Tangy together with Tart Chickpea Salad) Chana Masala Tamarind Chickpeas Spicy Chickpeas inwards a Spicy Tomato Glaze On the move past times of the reading stack:
Rosehips on the Kitchen Table
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