This mildly spiced, easy, eggplant spinach & chickpea curry is on the menu on repeat in autumn.
It’s a one pot dinner so no fussing about with more pans. It is mildly spiced for the sake of 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. My daughter loved this but I guarantee you she wouldn’t love it so much if there was more heat involved.
This eggplant spinach and chickpea curry can be made a day ahead if you like.
Ingredients
- 1 x 220g brown onion sliced
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 x thumb size piece of ginger peeled and grated
- 2 fat cloves of garlic minced
- 1 x 250g eggplant cut into chunks
- 150 g spinach washed and patted dry with kitchen paper
- 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas drained and rinsed in cold water
- 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 2 tsp ground cumin seeds
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 heaped tsp yellow mustard seeds
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp each sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 1 small handfull fresh coriander stems chopped, leaves left whole (leaves to go in at the end)
Method
- Heat 1 tbs of oil in a large sautee pan, add the onion and gently cook over a low to medium heat for about 10 minutes. The onions should be soft and light brown.
- Add the garlic and ginger and cook for about 1 minute, then add the spices and the chopped coriander stalks. Cook for another minute, until you can smell the spices. Be careful not to let the spices burn.
- Now add the remaining oil and the eggplant, cook for about 5 minutes until the eggplant takes on the colour of the spices. If the pan gets dry add a splash or two of water.
- Pour in the tin of tomatoes plus half a tin of water. Stir and then cover and leave to simmer over a low heat for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. After 10 minutes add the chickpeas, stir and cover and leave to simmer for another 5 minutes.
- When the eggplant is soft add in the spinach and cook until the spinach has wilted. Finish by stirring in the coriander leaves.
- Serve immediately with rice and almonds
Sounds great, this is going on next weeks menu!
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Such a quick and easy one pot for the family to enjoy!
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