Lentil Chickpea Curry! – Jane’s Patisserie

A scrumptious and simple lentil chickpea curry which is the right dinner concept for the day-after-day, tremendous straightforward and adaptable! 

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

Savoury recipes

As you’ll have observed, I’ve began posting an increasing number of savoury recipes, as a result of I like cooking. I do know, shock and horror that I’m doing savoury ins and outs actually, however is it shock and horror? 

I’m joking actually, however a number of individuals have identified I’m referred to as Jane’s Patisserie… however the identify has caught, and I wish to broaden. I like cooking a lot so I simply wish to offer you all the things 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 effectively. These recipes are all designed to only give a little bit of inspiration, as the principles change with cooking – you possibly can mainly do what you need! 

Dinner concepts

I like straightforward dinner concepts that take as little faff as potential, however style nice. The form of recipes that you may make any day of the week, batch cook dinner, or simply cook 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 suppose and it’s FULL of flavour. I do know making a curry is a little bit of a random one, however it 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 guide 

My new guide is out now, and it’s idea is On a regular basis – the thought being that you may make something from it day-after-day and it’ll work. It’s designed to encourage you to possibly strive extra issues that you simply usually wouldn’t on the day-after-day as effectively. I do know the concepts of constructing custard slices, or get together rings, doesn’t appear ‘on a regular basis’ however truthfully, they’re and they are often. 

The sheer quantity of affection for this guide has given me such a lift to convey extra scrumptious ‘on a regular basis’ type recipes as you all need extra, so right here you’re. 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 feels like fairly just a few components, however it’s not really too unhealthy – placing all of it collectively actually is kind of fast and it’s price grabbing your greatest pan to cook dinner this in – it makes about 6 parts (Relying on private desire), so I are inclined to make a full batch and freeze for the longer term if I’m not consuming it multi functional go. 

• Greens – Onion, crimson 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 at all times season with salt and pepper because it’s against the law in case you don’t in my thoughts, after which I had slightly enjoyable. The curry powder, floor cumin, floor coriander, cayenne pepper introduced a lot flavour to convey 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 effectively with the tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, coconut milk and spinach. I used frozen spinach as I at all times have it within the freezer, however you possibly can 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 prefer to serve mine with coriander flavour rice – I simply finely chop some coriander up and blend it by means of the cooked rice – after which a naan on the facet could be scrumptious. 

Ideas & Methods 

• This may final for 3-4 days within the fridge as soon as cooked and cooled, or it may 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 crimson 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 crimson 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 jiffy till able to serve

• This may final for 3-4 days within the fridge as soon as cooked and cooled, or it may 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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