This creamy vegan chickpea and cauliflower curry with touch of fragrant spice and rich creamy coconut milk, is a family friendly Meatfree Monday recipe.
I love making chickpea curries and this curry, together with this coconut chickpea curry with veggies blended into the sauce is one I make on a regular basis, as is this tomato based easy chana masala. They are easy, healthy, can be meal prepped on the weekend for the week ahead or frozen, and the whole family enjoy them.
Made from scratch with a handful of spices you can buy from your local supermarket, this Indian chickpea curry is packed with healthy ingredients. Fragrant from spices rather than being spicy hot, this curry is rich, filling – and also loved by the meat eaters in the house.
On the table in 35 minutes, this creamy chickpea curry is a midweek meal saver!
It is a great make ahead meal prep recipe too: cool then place into containers and store in the fridge then heat through and serve. Serve with rice, soft and fluffy homemade chapatis, naan bread, poppadoms, a fresh coriander chutney on the side.
I am a huge fan of tinned chickpeas. Whilst it is great to cook them from dry, tinned chickpeas make busy family life so much easier! Chickpea salads, vegetable hummus, they are an easy vegan protein rich food to have in the cupboard. If you don’t have them, this curry works well with lentils or another tinned bean such as kidney beans or butter beans.
Cauliflower is such a great vegetable to make a curry with. It soaks up all that flavourful curry sauce and adds texture.
FAQ
How long does this chickpea curry last?
Store in the fridge, in a Tupperware or covered dish for up to 3 days.
Can I freeze this cauliflower chickpea curry?
Yes you can. Thaw slowly – overnight in the fridge should do it – if you try to heat whilst still frozen it can change texture and become a little soft and mushy.
What is garam masala?
Garam masala is a spice blend widely used in Indian cooking made form cinnamon, coriander, cumin, mace, peppercorns and cardamom. It’s typically added at the end of cooking the dish.
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Chickpea and Cauliflower Curry
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp oil olive or rapeseed
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 cardamom pods
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
- 2.5cm | 1 inch fresh ginger finely grated
- small pinch dried chilli
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp turmeric
- 400 g tomatoes tinned/canned
- 1 medium cauliflower broken into medium sized florets
- 400 ml coconut milk
- 400 g chickpeas tinned/canned
- 2 tsp garam masala plus extra for serving
- handful fresh coriander to serve, optional
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over a low-medium heat and cook the chopped onion and cardamom pods until the onion is soft - around 10 mins.
- Add the garlic and ginger and cook for 1 minute before adding the chilli, ground cumin, ground coriander, and turmeric.
- Pour in tomatoes and 50ml water then add the cauliflower florets.
- Simmer for 20 minutes until the cauliflower is just tender, then add the coconut milk, chickpeas, and garam masala and season to taste.
- Heat through for 5 minutes then serve.
- Serve with rice, naan, chapatis. Sprinkle with fresh coriander and a pinch more garam masala sprinkled over.
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Kylie Archer says
Yum! Perfect for meat free Monday!
Robyn says
Thanks Kylie, it is a great meat free Monday recipe!
Sarah says
Yum ,love a good curry, especially one with chickpeas, so yummy and so good for you, this looks delicious!
Robyn says
Thankyou Sarah!
Sylvie says
Great vegan meal idea packed with flavours, it looks so creamy and delicious!
Robyn says
Thanks Sylvie!
Sally says
I love how rich and flavourful garam masala makes curries and this one looks so healthy and easy as well. Can’t wait to make it.
Robyn says
Hope you enjoy the curry Sally! I agree with you about garam masala!