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Chickpea curry recipe
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Chickpea curry recipe

17 ingredients 25 min + 1 hr 55 min 4 people openrecipes

I have used chickpeas here, but broad beans, red kidney beans, butter beans or any other pulse could be used in this dish, and you can replace the dried pulses with canned.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

727
Calories
37g
Protein
44g
Fat
55g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Coconut 1/2 cup shredded (40g) 283
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 400 dried chickpeas, soaked overnight
  • g vegetable oil
  • 2 onion, finely chopped
  • tbsp x 2.5cm piece of cinnamon stick
  • 1 green chillies, sliced
  • 1 -12 curry leaves
  • 2 tomatoes, chopped
  • 10 tablespoons dried shrimps, crushed or powdered
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped coriander leaves
  • 2 lime juice
  • 2 salt
  • 1 red chilli, to garnish (optional)
  • tbsp garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger
  • pinch teaspoon mustard seeds, soaked in warm water for 2 hours to so?en
  • 1 coconut milk
  • 4 tablespoons grated fresh coconut or unsweetened desiccated coconut

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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