Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, aubergine and chickpea curry. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Also, make sure to check out my chickpea and potato curry, it's absolutely AMAZING!. If you're looking for more aubergine recipes, check out my vegan stuffed aubergines, Persian walnut and aubergine stew fesenjan, baba ganoush, and Briam a delicious Greek vegetable bake!. Halve the aubergines, then cut each half into wedges.
Aubergine and Chickpea Curry is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Aubergine and Chickpea Curry is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have aubergine and chickpea curry using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Aubergine and Chickpea Curry:
- Take 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Make ready 2 tsp mustard seeds
- Take 1 large Diced Onion
- Get 4 clove Garlic (to taste) or garlic paste
- Make ready 5 medium Fresh Tomatoes or tin of chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 2 large Fresh green Chillies (slit down the sides, but not all the way to the bottom)
- Make ready 1 large Cubed Aubergine
- Prepare 1 can White Chickpeas
- Take 1 tsp Ground Turmeric
- Make ready 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon
- Get 1 tsp Paprika
- Prepare 1 tsp ground cumin
- Make ready 1 tsp ground ginger (or fresh)
- Make ready 1 sprinkle of fresh coriander or 1 tsp of ground
- Make ready 2 tsp Garam Masala
- Prepare 1/2 cup plain natural yoghurt (if required)
- Get 2 tsp Salt (or to taste)
It should have crisped on the outside, and the flesh will be brown and soft. Add the aubergine to the curry and chopped coriander. Easy to make, I used tinned tomatoes instead of fresh ones, I also added desiccated coconut, just because I love coconut. And while their ready meal and takeaway curry cousins often get a bad rap for being unhealthy and chock full of calories and additives, homemade curries - like this Quick Aubergine and Chickpea Curry - are usually very healthy, especially if you pack them with spices and veggies and serve them with brown rice or buckwheat.
Instructions to make Aubergine and Chickpea Curry:
- Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, fry until they pop. Then Add the diced Onion and salt and sauté until they are translucent and soft.
- Add the garlic, and tomatoes and soften. If you are using fresh tomatoes add a little water, 1/4 cup, if you are using tinned there should be enough liquid. Then add the Chillies.
- Add the Turmeric, Cumin, paprika, Coriander (if using fresh coriander save some to sprinkle over at the end) add the Lemon Juice
- Add the Cubed Aubergine and Chickpeas and coat it in the sauce, then add just enough water to cover, about 1/4 to half a cup if it's looking a bit dry.
- Leave to cook on a high heat stirring occasionally, the size of the diced aubergine will depend on the cooking time, just keep checking on the firmness depending on how soft you like the aubergine.
- When the water is almost boiled away you should be left with some nice tender Aubergines and soft chickpeas, you can then crush some of the chickpeas into the Masala sauce to thicken it.
- Take off the heat once your Masala sauce has thickened and sprinkle over the Garam Masala and some coriander and leave for a few minutes to rest. When you come back, stir and it's ready to serve!
Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. This aubergine spinach and chickpea curry is easy to make and it's a one pot dinner so no fussing about with more pans. It is mildly spiced for the sake of my husband and my daughter but you can add more heat if you wish. A finely chopped green chilli added when you add the garlic and ginger will do the job nicely. Add the chick peas, curry powder, turmeric, coconut milk, chopped tomatoes, spinach, lemon juice and black pepper.
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