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Chickpea and spinach curry with coconut cream

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 25 minutes, around $3.14 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

25mintotal
≈ $3.14a serving
666kcalper serving
21gof protein
VegetarianIn season in OctoberFreezes well
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Prep the veggies

    Peel and thinly slice the 2 onions. Peel and mince the 4 garlic cloves. Drain the chickpeas in the colander.

  2. Cook the onions

    Heat the 2 tbsp of olive oil over medium heat in the sauté pan. Add the onions with a pinch of salt and brown them, stirring.

  3. Add the garlic and curry

    Add the minced garlic and the 2 tsp of curry powder. Stir for 1 minute until it smells amazing.

    Tip · Keep the heat at medium and stir nonstop, because curry powder and garlic burn fast and turn bitter.

  4. Warm up the chickpeas

    Pour the drained chickpeas into the sauté pan and stir to coat them in the spices. Let them heat over medium heat.

  5. Wilt the spinach

    Add the 300 g of spinach a handful at a time and stir until it wilts.

    Tip · Spinach takes up a ton of room at first: add it in 3 or 4 batches and let each handful cook down before the next.

  6. Pour in the coconut cream

    Pour in the 200 ml of coconut cream and season with salt and pepper. Let it simmer over low heat, stirring now and then, until the sauce thickens a little.

  7. Taste and serve

    Taste and adjust the salt and pepper. Serve the curry piping hot in two shallow bowls.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 666 kcal. 28% comes from carbs, 13% from protein and 53% from fat.

47 gCarbs
21 gProtein
39 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy666 kcal
Protein21.4 g
Carbs47 g
of which sugars9.2 g
Fat39.1 g
of which saturated fat19.9 g
Fiber18.9 g
Salt1.6 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.14 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $6.28for 2 people
≈ $3.14a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. And it freezes really well.

2 daysin the fridge
Very wellin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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