Name: Chickpea, tomato & spinach curry
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 onion chopped; 2 garlic cloves chopped; 3cm piece ginger grated; 6 ripe tomatoes; ½ tbsp oil; 1 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp ground coriander; 1 tsp turmeric; pinch chilli flakes; 1 tsp yeast extract (we used Marmite); 4 tbsp red lentils; 6 tbsp coconut cream; 1 head of broccoli broken into small florets; 400g can chickpeas drained; 100g bag baby spinach leaves; 1 lemon halved; 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 1 tbsp chopped cashews to mix with the sesame seeds

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Chickpea, tomato & spinach curry

Chickpea, tomato & spinach curry

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Serves 6

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 40 mins

A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.193 ratingsRate

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A superhealthy, vegan curry that accounts for 2 of your 5-a-day and is low in calories to boot!

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1 onion

chopped
2 garlic cloves

chopped
3cm piece ginger

grated
6 ripe tomatoes
½ tbsp oil
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp turmeric
pinch chilli flakes
1 tsp yeast

extract (we used Marmite)
4 tbsp red lentils
6 tbsp coconut cream
1 head of broccoli

broken into small florets
400g can chickpeas

drained
100g bag baby spinach

leaves
1 lemon

halved
1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
1 tbsp chopped cashews

to mix with the sesame seeds

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal204
fat7g
saturates3g
carbs20g
sugars6g
fibre7g
protein11g
salt0.5g

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Method

step 1

Put the onion, garlic, ginger and tomatoes in a food processor or blender and whizz to a purée.
step 2

Heat oil in a large pan. Add the spices, fry for a few secs and add purée and yeast extract. Bubble together for 2 mins, then add lentils and coconut cream. Cook until lentils are tender, then add the broccoli and cook for 4 mins. Stir in chickpeas and spinach, squeeze over lemon and swirl through sesame and cashew mixture. Serve with brown rice, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2011

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