
Chickpea & Coconut Curry
Creamy, gently spiced chickpea curry in a tomato-coconut sauce. A pantry-only vegetarian dinner that takes 25 minutes and feeds four.
Ingredients
- 480 g canned chickpeas · 480 g · 667 kcal
- drained
- 1 onion · 110 g · 44 kcal
- chopped
- 3 garlic cloves · 12 g · 18 kcal
- crushed
- 20 g fresh ginger · 20 g · 16 kcal
- grated
- 2 tbsp curry powder · 12 g · 40 kcal
- 400 g chopped tomatoes · 400 g · 72 kcal
- 200 ml coconut milk · 200 g · 460 kcal
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil · 14 g · 120 kcal
- 500 g cooked rice · 500 g · 650 kcal
- salt and black pepper
Method
- Heat the oil in a wide pan and soften the onion for 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic, ginger and curry powder and cook for 1 minute until it smells amazing.
- Tip in the chickpeas, chopped tomatoes and coconut milk. Season and simmer for 12-15 minutes until thickened slightly.
- Mash a few chickpeas against the side of the pan to thicken the sauce further, then check the seasoning.
- Serve over the cooked rice with a squeeze of lime if you have one.
💡 Mashing a few chickpeas into the sauce gives body and creaminess without adding cream.
Nutrition per serving
Computed automatically from this recipe's ingredient list by the GoPlateSmart nutrition engine (typical USDA-style values per 100 g).
522kcal / serving
| Macro | Per serving | Whole recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 522 kcal | 2087 kcal |
| Protein | 15.0 g | 59.9 g |
| Carbs | 75.0 g | 300.2 g |
| Fat | 18.9 g | 75.7 g |
| Fibre | 10.8 g | 43.0 g |
| Sugars | 10.6 g | 42.4 g |