Vegan Chickpea, Spinach and Peanut Butter Curry Recipe

This vegan chickpea and spinach curry with peanut butter is ready to eat in just 30 mins. Perfect for quick and healthy vegan meals!

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Vegan Chickpea, Spinach and Peanut Butter Curry Recipe

This vegan chickpea and spinach curry with peanut butter is super easy and tastes amazing. What’s even better is that it’s on the table and ready to eat in just 30 mins. Perfect for easy and healthy vegan meals in a hurry!

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One recipe we never get tired of making or eating is a classic vegan chickpea and spinach curry! It’s packed with texture and spicy flavours, with peanut butter giving it a salty, creamy note that we can’t get enough of.

This vegan curry recipe is easy to make and ready in just 30 minutes. Simple fry onion, garlic, ginger, red pepper and chilli before adding the rest of the ingredients and simmering for 20 minutes.

In no time at all you’ll have a flavoursome and healthy vegan meal that makes brilliant leftovers.

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Rating:  

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

Method

Ingredients

(Servings: 4)

  • 0.25 0.25 Tbsp coconut oil
  • 0.25 0.25 onion, chopped
  • Thumb-sized piece of ginger, finely chopped
  • 0.5 0.5 garlic cloves, minced
  • 0.125 0.125 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 0.25 0.25 tsp salt
  • 0.25 0.25 red pepper (sliced)
  • 0.5 0.5 medium tomatoes (chopped)
  • 0.25 0.25 Tbsp curry powder
  • 0.25 0.25 tsp ground cumin
  • 0.125 0.125 tsp ground turmeric
  • 0.5 0.5 Tbsp peanut butter
  • 0.25 0.25 Tbsp tamari or soy sauce
  • 0.25 0.25 400ml tin of coconut milk
  • 0.5 0.5 400g tin of chickpeas
  • 50 50 ml vegetable stock
  • 37.5 37.5 g spinach
  • Fresh coriander, to taste
  • Juice of a lime

Method

  1.  In a large pan, fry the onion, garlic, ginger, red pepper and chilli in the oil for 4-5 mins with a tsp of salt.
  2.  Add the tomatoes, spices and peanut butter to the pan stir well and cook for another couple of minutes.
  3.  Add the chickpeas, coconut milk, tamari and stock and simmer for 20 mins adding the spinach for the last 2 mins.
  4.  Serve with lots of lime juice, some coriander, toasted nuts (if you like) and either rice or naan (or both!).

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Written by

Helen's Vegan Kitchen

Helen is a self-taught home cook in a family of 6 vegans. She’s passionate about making vegan cooking as easy as possible using organic, seasonal ingredients. She shares her recipes on her Instagram page @helens_vegan_kitchen

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