Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, aubergine and chickpea curry. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Aubergine and Chickpea Curry is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Aubergine and Chickpea Curry is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
How to make aubergine and chickpea curry: First we are going to start by roasting aubergine, which is my favourite way to cook it! If you want to reduce the cook time you can fry them instead but I love the flavour and texture from roasting them! Stir in the spinach purée and serve.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. 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:
- Get 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Make ready 2 tsp mustard seeds
- Prepare 1 large Diced Onion
- Make ready 4 clove Garlic (to taste) or garlic paste
- Get 5 medium Fresh Tomatoes or tin of chopped tomatoes
- Take 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
- Take 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon
- Take 1 tsp Paprika
- Get 1 tsp ground cumin
- Get 1 tsp ground ginger (or fresh)
- Prepare 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)
- Take 2 tsp Salt (or to taste)
Meanwhile, chop the aubergine into bite-sized chunks and drain and rinse the chickpeas. Add the spices to the pan, adding in a splash of water if needed to loosen it up. Incredibly easy and healthy, this Quick Aubergine and Chickpea Curry is perfect for busy weeknights. The simple fact is that aubergines and eggplants are the same thing Just made this dish plus the vegan chickpea curry, sharing a tin of cocnut milk between them, as I only had one tin, and topped it up with ordinary milk.
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!
Our chickpea curry with aubergine gives your local curry house a run for its money. This vegetarian chickpea curry with aubergines would make even the most devout meat eaters think twice. All the scents and flavours reminiscent of Sri Lanka are encapsulated in this vegan chickpea curry. Add the sweet potato and butternut squash, cauliflower florets, chickpeas, coconut milk and pinch of sea salt. Roughly dice the flesh and add to the curry with the tomatoes and spinach leaves.
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