Chickpea And Kidney Bean Curry Recipes

VEGAN, PUREED CHICKPEA AND KIDNEY BEAN CURRY SOUP

Steps:

• First, empty both cans of beans into a colander and rinse off all of the liquid that came from the can onto the beans. Leave aside until later.
• Chop all vegetables (Celery, Potato, Carrot, Garlic and Onion) into smaller pieces. Leave aside until later.
• In a large pot (preferably non-stick), heat 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil on medium-high and toss in Mustard Seeds. Heat until you hear the Mustard Seeds crackle a bit. Once this has been accomplished, toss in the chopped Garlic and Onion and stir around a bit with Turmeric and Cumin powder. After 30 seconds, toss in the rest of the chopped vegetables and canned Tomatoes.
• After 1 minute, toss in the beans, and the rest of the spices and basil. If you like your soups spicier (like me) then put in more Curry powder than the recipe calls for. Stir in the 2 cups of Water at this time as well. If it seems 2 cups will make the soup too thin, then only add 1 or 1.5 cups.
• After heating this concoction for 5 minutes or so, use a hand-held immersion blender (or food processor) to blend it all up. I like mine blended up pretty good, but it tastes great no matter the texture.
• Once it has been blended up, add salt to taste. Leave the temperature on low-medium for a couple of minutes longer to let the spices seep in more.

CHICKPEA AND KIDNEY BEAN CURRY

Steps:

• Chop all the vegetables except the onion and garlic into cubes.
• Chop the onion into half rings and dice the garlic finely.
• Open chickpea tin and drain them.
• Sweat onion, garlic and ginger in a little olive oil in a big pot until onion is soft.
• Add all the chopped vegetables, spices, chickpeas, kidney beans, wine, and stock to the pot.
• Stir carefully and put the lid on the pot.
• Leave to cook on a low temperature for 90 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Serve with rice.

CHICKPEA CURRY

Steps:

• To make the paste, heat a little of the 2 tbsp oil in a frying pan, add 1 diced onion and 1 tsp fresh or dried chilli, and cook until softened, about 8 mins.
• In a food processor, combine 9 garlic cloves, a thumb-sized piece of peeled ginger and the remaining oil, then add 1 tbsp ground coriander, 2 tbsp ground cumin, 1 tbsp garam masala, 2 tbsp tomato purée, ½ tsp salt and the fried onion. Blend to a smooth paste - add a drop of water or more oil, if needed.
• Cook the paste in a medium saucepan for 2 mins over a medium-high heat, stirring occasionally so it doesn't stick.
• Tip in two 400g cans drained chickpeas and a 400g can chopped tomatoes, and simmer for 5 mins until reduced down.
• Add 100g creamed coconut with a little water, cook for 5 mins more, then add ½ small pack chopped coriander and 100g spinach, and cook until wilted.
• Garnish with extra coriander and serve with rice or dhal (or both).

KIDNEY BEAN CURRY

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a low-medium heat. Add the onion and a pinch of salt and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until softened and just starting to colour. Add the garlic, ginger and coriander stalks and cook for a further 2 mins, until fragrant.
• Add the spices to the pan and cook for another 1 min, by which point everything should smell aromatic. Tip in the chopped tomatoes and kidney beans in their water, then bring to the boil.
• Turn down the heat and simmer for 15 mins until the curry is nice and thick. Season to taste, then serve with the basmati rice and the coriander leaves.

CURRIED CHICKPEAS AND BLACK BEANS-LOW FAT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat.
• Add onion and ginger and saute about 3 minutes, or until tender.
• Add curry powder and stir to coat onions evenly.
• Add tomatoes with their juices and cook 1-2 minutes or until mixture seems slightly thickened, stirring well.
• Add black beans, chickpeas and salt to taste.
• Stir to coat beans evenly.
• Cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 5 minutes or until chickpeas are heated through.
• Turn off heat, and stir in fresh cilantro (or parsley), and lemon juice.
• Serve warm.
• This dish goes nicely over some jasmine or basmati rice.