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Easy Chickpea and Vegetable Curry with Quinoa - made with coconut milk, spinach, basil, and mushrooms. The delicious curry is made with coconut milk, red curry paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and chili powder. Meatless, vegetarian, gluten free recipe.
I've been craving for a simple vegetarian dinner that I could just whip up in the matter of 30 minutes, and so this very simple chickpea vegetable curry recipe with quinoa was born. Let not the simplicity of this dish fool you, though: it is still a very filling veggie dish, and it rightfully deserves to be called a main course. You won't go hungry after enjoying curry flavors, chickpeas, mushrooms, and spinach in a creamy coconut broth, on top of protein-rich quinoa.
By the way, my other meatless coconut curry favorites are these two: pumpkin, coconut and peanut butter curry and vegetarian pumpkin curry with chickpeas. They are as delicious as this chickpea and vegetable curry with spinach and mushrooms:
How to make chickpea and vegetable curry
- First, add coconut milk to a large skillet and bring to boil. Add the following ingredients: chickpeas, red curry paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, lemon juice, chili powder, basil. Stir until smooth.
- Next, add spinach, chopped green onions and sliced mushrooms to the skillet with the coconut milk mixture, bring to boil, reduce to simmer. Simmer for about 15-20 minutes, until mushrooms are cooked.
How to cook quinoa
- For each 1 cup of uncooked quinoa, use 2 cups of water and ¼ teaspoon of salt.
- Add uncooked quinoa, salt and water to a large sauce pan.
- Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook until all liquid is absorbed and quinoa is cooked and fluffy, about 15-20 minutes.
Recipe notes
- If you like your coconut curry a bit runny, add a little bit of water in the end to reach the desired consistency.
- If reheating the next day, you will likely have to add a touch of water to the coconut curry as it will thicken overnight in the refrigerator.
- To serve, place a scoop of quinoa into the middle of each plate. Top with chickpea and vegetable curry.
Easy chickpea and vegetable curry with quinoa
Ingredients
Chickpea Vegetable Curry
- 13.5 oz coconut milk from the can (400 mL)
- 15 oz chick peas , from the can
- 2 tablespoons red curry paste
- 1 teaspoon red curry paste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ¼ lemon , squeezed
- ¼ teaspoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon basil
- 6 oz spinach , cleaned
- 4 green onions , chopped
- 2 cups mushrooms , sliced
- salt to taste
Quinoa
- 1 cup quinoa , uncooked
- 2 cups water
Instructions
How to make chickpea vegetable coconut curry
- Heat coconut milk in a large pan until it boils and reduce heat to simmer. Add next 7 ingredients to the coconut milk: chickpeas, red curry paste, tomato paste, brown sugar, lemon juice, chili powder, basil. Mix everything together until even consistency.
- Add spinach, chopped green onions and sliced mushrooms to the coconut milk mixture, bring to boil, reduce to simmer. Simmer for about 15-20 minutes, until mushrooms are cooked, stirring occasionally. Add salt and pepper to taste.
How to cook quinoa
- In a separate pan, combine 2 cups of water and 1 cup of quinoa. Bring to boil, reduce heat to simmer and cook until all liquid is absorbed and quinoa is cooked and fluffy.
- To serve, place a scoop of quinoa into the middle of each plate. Top with chickpea curry.
Nutrition
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This is a wonderful recipe. I find it even better if you add MORE veggies! Cauliflower, broccoli, peppers...anything you have in the fridge, really.
Is the red curry paste the same as Thai red curry paste? Which brand did you use?
I made this tonight and loved it. I added cauliflower to the sauce and topped it with chopped cashews and cilantro delish!
Hi! I wanted to made this dish because it looked delicious and i love all the ingredients! So i did it but i am quite sad because the taste of the coconut milk stands out , so it has a sweet and strong flavour. I did not liked the taste very much because of that. How can I make it a little bit neutral? Without tasting at coconut so much.
Thanks!
I made this tonight for dinner and it was so super yum! Thanks so much!
The flavor and ease of this dish was A+ but the brand of curry paste I got was super spicey! I could barely eat it and we had to chuck the whole pot after because I'm sure the heat would just intensify as it sat in the fridge. Forget trying to give it to my 2 year old. I'm gonna give it another go but try to find a different paste or use way less. My husband could barely finish his bowl 🙁 Once I correct the heat this will be a wonderful addition to my Meatless Mondays!
This is delicious! Thank you for the recipe.
I made mine as one pan dish, adding the quinoa to the sauce. It tastes great, next time I will make more sauce. 2 thumbs up!!
Aggie - so glad you liked it! 🙂 Great winter food!
Simply wow...We didn't have any spinach so we used kale 🙂
Just made this for dinner. I added a green pepper and because I didn't have any green onions just a normal Brown one. Wow! It was delicious! Great recipe!
Tessa, glad you liked it!