Chickpea, aubergine & tamarind curry

Chickpea, aubergine & tamarind curry

Indian dishes are often lighter when made at home, and this veggie one is less than 350 calories per person

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Vegan

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Slice the aubergine into chunky pieces and rub with 1 tbsp oil. Put on a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes.
  2. Heat another tbsp oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, ginger and garlic and cook for 10 minutes until golden. Add the garam masala and mustard seed and cook for another minute. Add the tamarind and 500ml water or vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes to reduce a little.
  3. When the aubergines are done, add to the pan, with the chickpeas and beans. Simmer for 5 minutes, then serve with basmati rice.

PER SERVING

346 kcalories, protein 12.9g, carbohydrate 38.9g, fat 16.5 g, saturated fat 1.3g, fibre 9.5g, salt 2.8 g

Recipe from olive magazine, November 2010.

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  • Binder photo Pip

    26 November 2010

    Pip rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Loved the flavours, actually used a tin of tomatoes instead of some of the stock.

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  • 12 January 2011

    Re Morrill rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Good tasty and simple curry, great for veggie visitors!!! Served with home made garlic nan bread

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  • 26 June 2011

    Zosherooney commented on this recipe

    I left the green beans out as I did not have any, it did not detract from the recipe and the flavour was good.

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  • 22 July 2011

    mother*ship rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Not sure if I used a different type of tamarind (Fudco concentrated paste) but I used much less than the recipe stated and it was still sufficient. Very tasty, I love anything to do with aubergine and curry so this really hit the spot!

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  • 02 October 2011

    willow81 commented on this recipe

    Sadly this was awful, it was the colour of dirty dishwater and didn't taste much better. A rare thumbs down from me.

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  • 02 October 2011

    BoBoo rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is one of the worst things I've ever made, and there wasn't anything I could do to rescue it. Next time I will spend the extra time on a more authentic recipe.

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  • 22 June 2012

    Martha rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This turned out lovely! A nice change of flavours from some more typical curries, will definitely cook again.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 25 mins

Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian, Vegan

Ingredients

  • 1 small aubergine
  • vegetable oil
  • 1 onion , sliced
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 tbsp chopped garlic
  • 2 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ x 100g jar tamarind paste
  • 1 x 400g tin chickpeas , drained
  • 100g green beans , trimmed and halved
  • 100g basmati rice , cooked, to serve
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PER SERVING

346 kcalories, protein 12.9g, carbohydrate 38.9g, fat 16.5 g, saturated fat 1.3g, fibre 9.5g, salt 2.8 g

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