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Easy 1 Pot Chickpea Sweet potato Spinach Curry with Indian Spices. Use spices of choice, pumpkin or other squash and other beans. throw everything in the pot and let it cook. Vegan gluten-free soy-free Recipe. To double the recipe, double everything except water. Add 1.5 times and add more if needed.
Super easy curry today. Warmly Spiced Chickpea Sweet Potato Spinach Curry. Its a use up whatever you have kind of curry. Use beans of choice, squash or sweet potato, greens of choice and let them all simmer for a flavorful curry. You can also use cooked lentils instead of chickpeas. Use spices of choice or spice blends like garam masala, berbere, cajun or turkish peppery blend. Use a cup of coconut milk for a creamier curry. I served this with my Yeast -free Garlic flatbread.
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Chickpea Sweet Potato Spinach Curry
Ingredients
- 1 tsp oil
- 1/2 to 3/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 a red onion, chopped, or 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 3 cloves of garlic chopped
- 1/2 inch ginger chopped
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala , or use curry powder or other spice blend of choice like berbere or cajun
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne/red chili powder
- 2 tomatoes chopped
- 15 oz can chickpeas drained, or use 1.5 cups cooked
- 1 to 1.5 cup chopped peeled sweet potato, or pumpkin
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 tsp or more salt
- 1.5 to 2 cups chopped or baby spinach , or 1 cup frozen thawed
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. add cumin seeds and cook until they change color and get fragrant. Let them cook until really toasty.
- Add onions, garlic and ginger and cook until translucent. If using garlic ginger paste, add with the tomatoes.
- Add the spices and mix in. Cook for 30 seconds. Add tomatoes and a splash of water, mix, cover and cook until tomatoes get saucy. Mash the larger pieces. 4 to 5 minutes.
- Add chickpeas, sweet potatoes, water and salt. Mix, cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Add in the spinach, lemon juice, mix in, reduce heat to low-medium and continue to simmer for 5 to 10 minutes or until desired consistency. Taste and adjust salt and spice. Garnish with paprika and cilantro and serve as is, with rice/quinoa or Garlic flatbread.
- Variations: Add a cup of coconut milk for creamier curry at step 4 instead of all water.
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Notes
Heat a skillet over medium heat. When the skillet is hot, add cumin seeds and dry roast until fragrant. Add onion, garlic, ginger and splash of water and cook until translucent. Add more water splashes if needed. Continue with the rest of the steps.
To make in a Pressure Cooker or Instant Pot:
Follow steps 1 to 3 in a pressure cooker over medium, or in a separate pan. Add cooked chickpeas, sweet potatoes, 1.5 cups water, salt and spinach. Close the lid, set the time to 8 to 10 minutes at high pressure (Cook 6 to 8 mins once the pressure has reached for stove top cooker). Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was delicious!! I used good chopped-up canned tomatoes (not tomato time yet), coconut milk & a bunch of chopped up spinach stems I had saved from another dish, otherwise made exactly as written and it was easy and really good. Ate it for lunch all week. Thank you!
Great!!
Cooked it today. It’s really yum and filling?
I love Indian food and this is a great recipe! I created a similar version with fresh mint and no spinach. Greetings, Melanie… https://taste.narin.com
Absolutely delicious!!!
Made this with homemade Naan breads for my family, everyone was thrilled!!
Awesome!
Made for dinner last night, made an extra 1/2 of the recipe, will definitely make twice the recipe as it was so good. The picky children wouldn’t eat, but my husband and I loved it.
Thats great!
I made this last night for my husband and myself – well I followed the priciples but varied amounts a bit as I wanted to use the whole sweet pepper I had. Turned out very nice indeed! Thankyou – particularly the idea that the chickpeas go in with the potato, I would have put them in nearer the end but you are, of course, right. Best is we have lots left over!
Awesome! chickpeas pick up a lot of flavor with all the simmering time in the stew. I like the chickpeas well flavored and well cooked 🙂
Delicious! Great recipe. In fact, I made two servings thinking that I would save one for tomorrow’s lunch. I ended up eating both servings tonight, it was so good. I used my own blend of Indian spices, and it worked out quite well. I don’t particularly like sweet potato so I omitted it this time. Maybe next time I’ll add regular potatoes.
yes add regular potatoes or other veggies of choice.