Best 5 Vegan Chickpea Curry Recipes

VEGAN SWEET POTATO CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat and cook onion, garlic, and ginger until softened, about 5 minutes. Add chickpeas, tomatoes, coconut milk, and sweet potato. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Season with garam masala, cumin, turmeric, chile flakes, and salt. Add spinach right before serving.

VEGAN BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Place chickpeas in a large bowl and cover with cold water. Let soak, 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain and rinse chickpeas under running cold water. Place in a large pot, cover with several inches of water, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until chickpeas are soft, 60 to 75 minutes. Drain.
• When chickpeas are halfway done, heat oil in a large pot and cook onions until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add cardamom pods, chile peppers, coriander seeds, turmeric, and mustard seeds and toast for 1 minute. Mix in tomato paste.
• Stir butternut squash and carrots into the pot. Add enough water to cover vegetables halfway. Simmer over low heat, partially covered, until all the vegetables are soft, 25 to 35 minutes. Add more water if curry gets too dry.
• Mix in cooked chickpeas shortly before serving and heat until warm. Serve sprinkled with cilantro.

CHICKPEA CURRY (VEGAN -PRESSURE COOKER)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in the pressure cooker over high heat. Cook the cumin seeds for approx 30 seconds or until they start to crackle.
• Add the sliced onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. The onion should be golden and soft.
• Reduce the heat and stir in the garlic and other spices.
• Add all remaining ingredients (except garnish).
• Close and lock the lid. Bring to high pressure over high heat. Reduce heat to stabilise the pressure and cook for 15 minutes.
• Release pressure and serve with a sprig of coriander or a sprinkle of parsley. Serve with steamed basmati rice, naan or pappadums.
• NOTE: to cook dried beans. Overnight soak, drain water, place into pressure cooker, cover with fresh water and cook on low pressure for 10 minutes. I soaked 2 cups dried chickpeas and result was a little over 4 cups cooked beans. Canned/tinned chickpeas can be used if desired- be sure to drain and wash them well.

VEGAN LENTIL AND CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and bell pepper until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, cumin, coriander, paprika, bouillon, garam masala, garlic powder, ginger, curry powder, cinnamon, turmeric, pepper, and cardamom. Cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add water, tomatoes, and lentils. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and let simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in chickpeas, cashews, raisins, and spinach. Continue simmering until lentils are tender, adding more water as needed, 10 to 15 minutes more.

JUST RIGHT SPINACH & CHICKPEA CURRY (VEGAN) - CHOLE PALAK

Steps:

• Pull out your blender, a small one if you have it, and combine the tomatoes, the ginger and the fresh chili if you are using. Puree until completely smooth the set aside.
• In a medium sized saute pan over medium heat, add the oil. Once the oil is hot add in the asofetida followed by the whole cumin seeds. Stir - and once the spices are sizzling, add in the tomato mixture. Be careful, it will splatter. Mix to combine - it takes quite a few stirs to get it combined so don't worry. Let that saute a few minutes.
• Add the next three spices, (coriander, chili powder & turmeric) as well as the salt. Mix that together and let it all mingle together over medium low heat for about 10 minutes. It will reduce down a bit and the colour will begin to get darker.
• Add in the fresh chopped spinach, followed by about 1/4 cup of water. Add up to 1/2 cup of water if you wish. Let that cook another few minutes and then add your chickpeas. You can mash some of the chickpeas with the back of a spoon if you like, it makes the gravy thicker.
• The last ingredient is the garam masala, add it in and simmer for a few more minutes before serving. Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro if you like. That's it!