Healthy Chickpea Curry

Healthy chickpea curry is low cost, low calorie and extremely filling. Easy to make, just one portion of this low fat vegan curry recipe provides nearly three quarters of your daily recommended dietary fibre requirement!

Sometimes it happens that excellent recipes, like this tasty low cost healthy chickpea curry recipe are completely unplanned.

For instance I put together this vegan chickpea curry recipe quite by accident.

What happened was that I lost the ingredients I'd planned to use making a bhuna curry. They just disappeared!

Having bought all the other ingredients for that planned bhuna, I was left with only a can of chickpeas in the cupboard. Or a trip back to the shops in the pouring rain for ingredients to make something else.

So I thought, OK, let’s see what we can do here....

And honestly I can say I really surprised myself with just how great this turned out!

In fact we’ve pretty much settled on this healthy chickpea curry recipe now.

INSTEAD of the planned bhuna, as a healthy low calorie dinner. It’s also far healthier and cheaper!

Indeed making chickpea curries and chickpea recipes has become something of an obsession. Have you seen my amazingly popular Paneer and Chickpea Curry?

I thought I would bring you this new healthy chickpea curry recipe today. It's a great addition to your list of weeknight meals.

The humble chickpea is not to be overlooked in it's ability to make low calorie filling meals!

Nor it's flexiblity in being a completely versatile, low cost and tasty ingredient.

As I found out in accidentally creating this healthy chickpea curry!

Although there looks like a lot of ingredients you'll find this a really easy chickpea curry to make.

It's actually just small amounts of spices and simple ingredients to perfect the most fabulous Indian food.

First we create a paste and then a sauce and add the chickpeas.

Then we add the sautéd pepper and tomato to the chickpeas and serve.

This is a healthy chickpea curry without coconut milk. Keeping the fat content low.

You could serve this great recipe with wholegrain or brown rice which would make it an ideal Weight Watchers or Slimming World chickpea curry.

If you're looking for an option for meatless mondays this easy vegan curry is also a great choice.

This delicious recipe is a mild chickpea curry. Increase the amount of red chilli powder if you want it spicier!

Jump to:

• Ingredients
• Substitutions
• Why Is This a Healthy Chickpea Curry?
• Instructions
• Equipment
• FAQ's
• More Fantastic Chickpea Curry Recipes For You To Try
• Healthy Chickpea Curry Recipe
• Nutrition Label
• Rate The Recipe

Ingredients

• Low Fat Cooking Oil Spray
• Onion
• Cumin Seeds
• Ginger And Garlic Paste
• Salt
• Mild Red Chilli Powder
• Turmeric
• Mild Curry Powder
• Tomato Passata
• Warm Water
• Can Chickpeas / Garbanzo Beans
• Vegetable Oil
• Green Pepper
• Tomato
• Dried Fenugreek (optional)
• Garam Masala (optional)
• Fresh Coriander / Fresh Cilantro

See recipe card for the actual quantites of the healthy chickpea curry ingredients.

Substitutions

• Low Fat Cooking Oil Spray - you could use a tablespoon of vegetable oil / olive oil instead.
• Onion
• Cumin Seeds
• Ginger And Garlic Paste - you can use grated fresh ginger and minced garlic instead.
• Salt
• Mild Red Chilli Powder - vary to suit taste. You could also use red pepper flakes.
• Turmeric
• Mild Curry Powder
• Tomato Passata - you could use some tinned tomatoes instead. Or a little tomato sauce.
• Warm Water
• Can Chickpeas / Garbanzo Beans - you can use dried chickpeas instead. Just make sure you soak them for the required amount of time before using.
• Vegetable Oil
• Green Pepper - you could use red peppers instead.
• Tomato
• Dried Fenugreek (optional)
• Garam Masala (optional)
• Fresh Coriander / Fresh Cilantro

Why Is This a Healthy Chickpea Curry?

• This healthy chickpea curry is only 334 calories per serving (excluding rice portion).
• It's an excellent source of soluble fibre (a huge 63% of your daily value provided here).
• Eating this curry will help to reduce and keep your cholesterol levels low.
• It's a low fat chickpea curry too at only 14% of your daily recommended allowance.
• You'll get a good boost of protein here as well. 40% of what you need daily!
• It makes a welcome addition to your list of low calorie vegan meals.

Instructions

Detailed instructions for this chickpea curry recipe are in the full recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to quickly make this easy weeknight dinner:

1. Sauté onion and cumin seeds.
2. Stir in ginger and garlic paste, salt, chilli powder, turmeric, mild curry powder and tomato passata to create a paste. Cook for 2 minutes.
3. Blitz the curry paste until smooth and return to the saucepan.
4. Add the warm water paste to create a sauce. Add the drained chickpeas and simmer gently.
5. In a seperate frying pan over a medium heat sauté the pepper, then add the tomato wedges and cook until soft.
6. Add pepper and tomatoes to the chickpea saucepan and stir in the fenugreek and garam masala warming everything through.
7. Served garnished with the freshly chopped coriander.

Equipment

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Equipment

• Saucepans
• Non stick frying pan
• Measuring jug
• Kitchen scale
• Chopping board
• Kitchen knives
• Measuring spoons
• Wooden spoon
• Blender

These are the balti dishes I use to serve my curries. You can see these dishes in this healthy chickpea curry recipe photographs. They add a perfect authenticity when serving your curry.

For a very reasonable price you get 6 of these high grade stainless steel authentic Indian balti dishes.

They're easy to clean and you'll enjoy them for life!

FAQ's

How Many Calories In Homemade Chickpea Curry?

There are 334 calories in this homemade chickpea curry.

Is Chickpea Curry Healthy?

Yes chickepea curry is healthy. It contains all the goodness of chickpeas and is low in fat too.

How To Store Chickpea Curry Leftovers?

This easy curry recipe can be kept in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

Can I Freeze This Healthy Chickpea Curry?

Yes you can freeze chickpea curry. Just make sure it's completely cooled before moving the container into the freezer.

How To Reheat Chickpea Curry?

Chickpea curry is best reheated gently in a pan on your stove.

What Can I Substitute For Chickpeas?

Cannellini beans are an ideal substitute.

What To Serve With Chickpea Curry?

Ideally serve with basmati rice or naan bread or chapatti breads.

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More Fantastic Chickpea Curry Recipes For You To Try

• One pot sweet potato and chickpea curry is a fantastic quick healthy budget recipe to make. Delicious and full flavoured this filling vegan curry is perfect for freezing too!
• One pot chickpea and red lentil dahl is just packed with flavour. A delicious easy healthy and vegan recipe that’s great served with rice or naan breads!
• Chickpea and butternut squash curry is a delicious quick healthy curry. This simple vegan curry is not only minimum fuss to make but it costs less too. It’s perfect for mid week dinners or a weekend supper!

Nutrition Label

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