Lentil Chickpea Curry! – Jane’s Patisserie

A scrumptious and straightforward lentil chickpea curry which is the right dinner thought for the day by day, tremendous simple and adaptable! 

This recipe is tremendous simple to make, so fast to throw collectively, and completely scrumptious for the right weeknight meal. 

Savoury recipes

As you could have observed, I’ve began posting increasingly more savoury recipes, as a result of I like cooking. I do know, shock and horror that I’m doing savoury fine details actually, however is it shock and horror? 

I’m joking actually, however a number of folks have identified I’m referred to as Jane’s Patisserie… however the title has caught, and I wish to increase. I like cooking a lot so I simply wish to provide you with the whole lot and something in recipe for that I like. 

My macaroni cheese and my hen, bacon and leek pie went down an absolute storm, so I do know this recipe will as nicely. These recipes are all designed to simply give a little bit of inspiration, as the foundations change with cooking – you may principally do what you need! 

Dinner concepts

I like simple dinner concepts that take as little faff as attainable, however style nice. The sort of recipes you can make any day of the week, batch prepare dinner, or simply prepare dinner since you fancy one thing. This lentil chickpea curry is precisely that. 

My creamy garlic hen is one other a kind of form of recipes, because it’s a lot simpler to make than you assume and it’s FULL of flavour. I do know making a curry is a little bit of a random one, but it surely was a kind of meals I made a decision to make primarily based on what I had within the cabinet, and it labored wonders. 

My new e book 

My new e book is out now, and it’s idea is On a regular basis – the thought being you can make something from it day by day and it’ll work. It’s designed to encourage you to possibly strive extra issues that you just usually wouldn’t on the day by day as nicely. I do know the concepts of creating custard slices, or social gathering rings, doesn’t appear ‘on a regular basis’ however truthfully, they’re and they are often. 

The sheer quantity of affection for this e book has given me such a lift to deliver extra scrumptious ‘on a regular basis’ model recipes as you all need extra, so right here you might be. This lentil chickpea curry is one thing I make on the common now because it’s really easy, filled with flavour, and it’s wholesome. 

The curry 

The curry itself appears like fairly a couple of elements, but it surely’s not really too unhealthy – placing all of it collectively actually is kind of fast and it’s value grabbing your greatest pan to prepare dinner this in – it makes about 6 parts (Relying on private desire), so I are likely to make a full batch and freeze for the long run if I’m not consuming it multi functional go. 

• Greens – Onion, purple pepper, frozen spinach 
• Tinned items – chickpeas, lentils, chopped tomatoes, coconut milk 
• Spices – Garlic, curry powder, cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, and salt and pepper 
• Extras – oil, and lemon juice 

Flavours

The flavours that I put into this curry are purely what I like, and what I had. I all the time season with salt and pepper because it’s a criminal offense in case you don’t in my thoughts, after which I had just a little enjoyable. The curry powder, floor cumin, floor coriander, cayenne pepper introduced a lot flavour to deliver heat to the curry however to not over energy it.

The lemon juice on the finish simply brings out the flavours and sharpens it up, and it marries so nicely with the tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, coconut milk and spinach. I used frozen spinach as I all the time have it within the freezer, however you may 100% use recent if you want. The one draw back, recent spinach takes up a tonne extra room that frozen within the pan till it wilts. 

I wish to serve mine with coriander flavour rice – I simply finely chop some coriander up and blend it by the cooked rice – after which a naan on the facet could be scrumptious. 

Suggestions & Methods 

• This may final for 3-4 days within the fridge as soon as cooked and cooled, or it could possibly freeze for 3 + months 
• You’ll be able to swap and alter the spices to what you fancy to make it the way you prefer it 
• I used the inexperienced lentils in a tin and drained the water, and I used the chickpeas within the tin and drained the water 
• Serve it how you want!! 

• 2-3 tbsp olive oil
• 2 medium onions (finely chopped)
• 1 purple pepper (chopped)
• 3+ garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tsp floor cumin
• 1 tsp floor coriander
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
• 400 g tin full-fat coconut milk
• 400 g tin lentils (drained)
• 400 g tin chickpeas (drained)
• 200 g frozen spinach
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• salt & pepper

• Seize a big saucepan or frying pan and warmth the oil on a medium warmth

• Add the finely chopped onion and fry till softened

• Add the purple pepper, garlic, curry powder, cumin, coriander, and cayenne pepper and fry for a few minutes

• Add the chopped tomatoes, coconut milk, chickpeas and lentils and blend

• Simmer for 15-20 minutes till the chickpeas and lentils have softened

• Add the frozen spinach, lemon juice and season with salt and pepper to your liking

• Simmer for an additional couple of minutes till able to serve

• This may final for 3-4 days within the fridge as soon as cooked and cooled, or it could possibly freeze for 3 + months 
• You’ll be able to swap and alter the spices to what you fancy to make it the way you prefer it 
• I used the inexperienced lentils in a tin and drained the water, and I used the chickpeas within the tin and drained the water 
• Serve it how you want!! 

ENJOY!

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