Quick Chickpea and Spinach Curry
- ⏱ 30 minutes
- Easy
- Serves 4
- 👥 2-cook recipe
A quick curry of chickpeas, frozen spinach, spices, and fresh coriander.
Adapted from Great British Chefs.
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Quick Chickpea and ...
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Drain the chickpeas
Drain the chickpeas from the tins and set aside
Chop the fresh coriander
2Make the curry
3Plate and serve
+ 5 more steps in the app
Quick Chickpea and ...
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Drain the chickpeas
2Make the curry
Put the oil in a saucepan that will be large enough...
Put it on a medium heat until the oil is hot
Test the oil by adding a few mustard seeds, If they...
3Plate and serve
+ 5 more steps in the app
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp small black mustard seeds
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 800 g tinned chickpeas
- 8 block frozen chopped spinach
- 3/4 tsp turmeric powder
- salt, to taste
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- chilli powder, to taste
- 1 handful fresh coriander (chopped)
The full plan
Split between two cooks — each step says who's on it.
1. Drain the chickpeas COOK 2
- Drain the chickpeas from the tins and set aside
- Chop the fresh coriander
2. Make the curry COOK 1
- Put the oil in a saucepan that will be large enough for all the chickpeas
- Put it on a medium heat until the oil is hot
- Test the oil by adding a few mustard seeds, If they fizzle and pop the oil is ready
- Add the cumin and mustard seeds and, quickly add the drained chickpeas
🤝 Cook 2 hands over the chickpeas.
3. Simmer the curry COOK 1
- Add the salt, chilli powder, ground coriander and ground cumin and turmeric powder and stir through with a fork
- Add the blocks of chopped spinach and a few tablespoons of water
- Cover the pan and leave on a medium heat for about 15 minutes
4. Finish the spinach COOK 1
- Turn the heat off and stir the spinach through
5. Plate and serve BOTH
- Serve hot with rice or bread
- Scatter over the fresh coriander, I like these mini seeded pitta breads
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