Vegetarian chickpea & spinach curry with naan

Vegetarian chickpea & spinach curry with naan: a spicy comfort dish with chickpeas, spinach, tomatoes, yoghurt and aromatic spices.

At a glance

• Serves 4
• Prep time: 10 min
• Cooking time: 20 min
• Total time: 30 min
• Calories: 420 kcal per serving
• Protein: 16 g
• Fat: 14 g
• Carbs: 48 g

Ingredients

• 2 tins of chickpeas
• 200 g spinach
• 400 g tomatoes
• 150 g yoghurt
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 piece of ginger (about 2 cm)
• 1 tbsp coconut oil
• 4 naan breads (check they contain no refined sugar or seed oils)
• 2 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp turmeric
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• 1 pinch of salt

Method

You’ll need: oven · frying pan · saucepan · chopping board · knife · grater · wooden spoon · ladle

1. Finely chop the onion, chop the garlic and grate the ginger. Heat the coconut oil in a saucepan and cook the onion until soft and translucent, then fry the garlic and ginger briefly with it.
2. Stir in the garam masala, turmeric and chilli powder and toast briefly. This makes the spices rounder and more aromatic.
3. Add the tomatoes and chickpeas and let everything simmer gently for a few minutes. The sauce can thicken slightly.
4. Fold in the spinach and let it wilt. Stir in the yoghurt and season the curry to taste with salt.
5. Warm the naan in the oven or in a dry frying pan. It goes best with the curry when it's lightly warm outside and still soft inside.
6. Spoon the curry into bowls, top with a little yoghurt and serve with the warm naan.

Good to know

A curry like this is just right when it needs to be quick but should still taste like a proper meal. Warm, creamy and pleasantly spicy – with no complicated steps.

Swaps

Yoghurt → coconut yoghurt without added sugar (dairy-free). Naan → wholemeal naan or wholemeal flatbread (more fibre). Coconut oil → ghee or olive oil (depending on taste). Spinach → kale (more vitamin K and a heartier bite).

Allergens

Contains milk from the yoghurt and usually gluten in the naan; reduce the heat for children, and in pregnancy look for pasteurised yoghurt and thoroughly heated ingredients. Contains: gluten.