Coconut chickpea curry! A healthy, protein-filled curry perfect for meatless lunch or dinner. Try this recipe yourself to enjoy this creamy vegan curry.
If you are a vegetarian or vegan or, want to cut down on your meat consumption, then this coconut chickpea curry is a perfect option for you. We love meat dishes, however, we do keep a check on our meat consumption.
This is why I try my hands at making vegetarian versions of meat dishes with some of my twists. When you visit the recipe index of WWUE, you'd find that I have shared more vegan or vegetarian recipes than meat ones.
I really love coconut-based curries. Much of my love for these coconut-based dishes (such as salmon coconut curry) comes from where I did my bachelor's degree. It is a town along the Western coastal region of India where the cuisine includes rice, seafood, and fresh coconuts. They use a lot of fresh coconuts in preparing a variety of curries. I always imagined as if adding coconut to their dishes is sort of compulsory. And when I was introduced to Thai cuisine, my love for coconut-based dishes has been on the rise ever since!
Coconut chickpea curry recipe
For this recipe, you need a very simple and a few ingredients such as a can of chickpeas, coconut milk, fresh tomatoes, and onions. To spice it up, I infused this dish with curry powder, cumin powder, paprika, and garlic. See! not many ingredients and if you take a quick peek in your pantry, you may find them handy in your pantry right now. 30 mins or so and this delicious creamy curry is ready for your dinner table!
I do have a coconut chicken recipe sitting in my recipe diary waiting to come live on WWUE (I can see it staring at me every time I open my diary :P). Till then, make and enjoy this creamy vegan chickpea curry. Do let us know how did it come out for you--we'd love to hear your feedback.
How this Curry is healthy
This vegan chickpea curry is prepared using clean and healthy ingredients.
- Chickpeas are cholesterol-free plant-based proteins. Moreover, it is rich in dietary fiber, folate, and dietary minerals such as phosphorous and iron [1].
- Though coconut is rich in fat content, it is good for the body when consumed in limited quantities. It also contains dietary minerals in a significant amount such as iron, manganese, phosphorus, and zinc.
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Coconut Chickpea Curry
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Ingredients
- 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed (or around 2 cup cooked chickpeas)
- 1 medium onion finely diced
- 2 medium to large tomatoes finely diced
- 1 cup vegetable stock (or water)
- ¼ cup coconut milk
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- half teaspoon paprika or chili powder (or more)
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon cooking oil
- ¼ cup roughly chopped cilantro for garnish
- one lime cut into wedges (optional for serving)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Add minced garlic until fragrant for about 30 sec.
- Then add onion and saute until translucent for about 2-3 min
- Add diced tomatoes and cook until it gives a sauce-like consistency (4-5 min approx.)
- Now add paprika, curry powder, and cumin powder. Mix well and cook for another 2-3 min
- Add vegetable stock, chickpeas, coconut milk and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Season with salt and pepper and, simmer covered for 10-12 min or until all raw taste from spices disappear.
- Finally, garnish with chopped cilantro and serve warm with cooked rice or flatbread.
Notes
- You can adjust seasonings according to your taste.
Mina Tran says
I wıll try this recipe, they look so delicious!
Carolyn Ingram says
I love how colorful this recipe is!
Kat says
Today I bought a canned coconut milk and I was looking for an inspiration what to cook. That looks really delicious!:)
Leigh Suznovich says
Oh I love coconut curry anything so much, so I definitely have to try this! Wonderful looking recipe 🙂