Chana Masala

Name: Chana Masala
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 red chilli; 1 onion, chopped; 6 cloves of garlic, peeled; 10 cm fresh ginger, peeled; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 2 tbsp groundnut oil; 2 tbsp ground cumin; 1 tbsp ground coriander; 1 tbsp garam masala; ½ tsp salt; 2 tins of chickpeas, drained; 1 tin of chopped tomatoes; 160 g tinned coconut cream; 100 g spinach; 30 g fresh coriander leaves

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Anna's Family Kitchen

By Anna Stanford

Published 2022

About

This is a fantastic vegetarian family meal which has proven popular with young children and meat eaters alike. To top it all off, it’s kind on the purse too. Serve with rice or chapatis.

Ingredients

For the Paste

1 red chilli
1 onion, chopped
6 cloves of garlic, peeled

Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Blitz all the paste ingredients together in a blender or processor. Heat a pan and add the paste. Cook for 6 minutes, stirring so that it doesn’t catch. You can add 50ml of water if the paste does stick.

Add the chickpeas and chopped tomatoes to the paste, followed by the coconut cream. Simmer for 10 minutes, then stir in the fresh spinach and coriander leaves.