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Amazingly creamy, saucy chickpea curry served over rice with a dollop of chili crisp and a facet of cucumber salad. Prepared in 20 minutes!
It is a model new recipe that’s a part of our Spring 2023 SOS Collection – in different phrases, EASY recipes! View our full assortment of SOS recipes right here.
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Lindsay’s Notes
The way it occurred is that I requested my sister Steph what she’s been making for dinner these days, and she or he mentioned, “I make that salmon recipe however I simply use a can of chickpeas as a substitute to maintain it straightforward.” And now, in the event you ask me what I’m making for dinner these days, I’m going to say the very same factor as a result of okay wow that may be very scrumptious and it solely takes ten minutes.
STEPH FOR PRESIDENT!
This chickpea curry is, properly, it’s all the pieces. It’s cozy, it’s pantry-friendly, and possibly even slightly elegant? *hair toss* despite the fact that it’s tremendous tremendous straightforward? It’s comforting with out being heavy, nutritious with out being boring, and exquisite with out being excessive upkeep.
I got here into this realization too late to incorporate it within the pictures right here, however serving this with slightly facet of pickled cucumber salad (sliced cucumbers, sliced purple onion, white vinegar, olive oil, salt, and sugar) is *chef’s kiss* SOS perfection.
With or with out the cucumber salad, I can positively say that swooping the picket spoon leisurely by means of that luscious sauce, piling the saucy goodness of chickpeas and spinach over steaming rice, after which drizzling the chili crisp over the entire thing… it’s positively a living-my-best-life kind second.
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Amazingly creamy, saucy chickpea curry served over rice with a dollop of chili crisp and a facet of cucumber salad. Prepared in 20 minutes!
- Prepare dinner rice in keeping with package deal instructions.
- Warmth the olive oil over medium warmth. Add the garlic and curry paste; sauté till softened and aromatic, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add the brown sugar, coconut milk, and soy sauce. Deliver to a low simmer till thickened barely.
- Add chickpeas and spinach; prepare dinner till chickpeas are heated by means of and spinach is wilted. Mash the chickpeas ever so barely with the again of a picket spoon if you wish to change up the feel and make it extra creamy.
- Style and regulate to your liking – we frequently add a squeeze of lime or some further ginger or lemongrass, however it’s actually not obligatory. The flavour is completely there even with essentially the most primary ingredient checklist. Serve over rice with a dollop of chili crisp and a facet of pickled cucumber salad if you’d like (and I promise you do need this – see notes).
Notes
For the pickled cucumber salad, thinly slice 3 small cucumbers and a small chunk of purple onion on a mandoline. Toss sliced cucumbers and purple onion with 1 tablespoon white vinegar, 2 tablespoons avocado oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Allow them to hang around for 20-Half-hour (extra in case you have time) and simply serve with the curry! So good. My youngsters love these, too!
1 1/2 cups of rice gives you a bit greater than you technically want – it’s 4 hearty parts or 6 common parts. We at all times use this quantity, although, as a result of my women typically wish to eat the rice plain, and I’d reasonably have a bit of additional rice as a substitute of not sufficient rice!
In case your sauce is just too runny, that is seemingly due to the model of coconut milk. Sometimes once I use Asian manufacturers of coconut milk (Aroy D or Chaokoh) I wouldn’t have this challenge, and the sauce constantly seems thick and luscious and creamy, nearly like a gravy. If you end up with a runny sauce, simply whisk one tablespoon of cornstarch into one tablespoon of chilly water and add it to the effervescent sauce within the pan. Inside a minute or two of mild warmth, you’ll see it begin to thicken up. Works like a appeal.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Prepare dinner Time: quarter-hour
- Class: Dinner
- Methodology: Saute
- Delicacies: Asian-Impressed
Key phrases: chickpea curry, curry recipe, vegetarian curry
Chickpea Curry: Steadily Requested Questions
The feel of the sauce will fluctuate a bit relying on model. I like Aroy-D or Chaokoh canned coconut milk (full fats). In the event you use a coconut milk that’s extra on the runny facet and the sauce isn’t thick sufficient for you, you’ll be able to add the cornstarch slurry as directed within the recipe notes.
Personally I want full-fat coconut milk for this (and most) recipes. In the event you do use mild coconut milk, it would in all probability want a little bit of thickener such because the cornstarch to get it creamy and saucy as pictured.
Sure, completely. I like this with nearly all the pieces – tofu, hen, shrimp, salmon, and so on. It’s a magical sauce that makes all the pieces style wonderful.
I’ve added sliced bell peppers to the sauce, sautéing them first so they’re good and smooth. This sauce additionally goes properly with broccoli.
I additionally love serving this with slightly pickled cucumber salad – directions for which can be within the recipe notes.
This recipe makes for superior leftovers. I particularly like this for leftovers as a result of the chickpeas do higher within the fridge for longer than hen or shrimp. This works nice to make forward and hold within the fridge for every week’s price of lunches! Retailer it individually from the rice, or simply side-by-side in particular person containers.
In the event you can, you might wish to maintain off on including the spinach till simply earlier than serving – it’s not obligatory, however it will make sure that you don’t encounter any mushy or slimy spinach in your leftovers.
Sure (in the event you use soy sauce)! That mentioned, all curry pastes are totally different in what components they use (and a few do have fish merchandise in them, like fish sauce or shrimp paste), so simply remember to verify your curry paste to guarantee that it’s vegan.
To make this gluten free, simply skip the soy sauce and double-check that the curry paste is gluten-free! (Use fish sauce or coconut aminos rather than the fish sauce.)
