Recipe: Yummy Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry

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Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry. An easy vegan butternut squash and chickpea curry that freezes well. This chickpea and squash coconut curry is a great healthy, vegetarian midweek meal. Bring the mixture to a boil.

Drain the chickpeas and add to the sauce. It's perfect for a weeknight dinner and great for getting rid of any veggies hanging around your fridge at the end of the week. Meanwhile dice the peeled butternut squash to match the size of chickpeas. You can cook Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry

  1. It's 2 1/2 cup of dice butternut squash.
  2. It's 1 1/2 cup of dried chickpeas.
  3. It's 1 of onion.
  4. It's 2 clove of garlic, minced.
  5. Prepare 1 can of coconut milk.
  6. You need 1 bunch of spinach.
  7. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of frozen peas.
  8. You need 2 of tomatoes, diced.
  9. It's 3 cup of vegetable broth.
  10. Prepare 3 tbsp of yellow curry powder.
  11. It's 1 tsp of salt.

Once the onions are tender, add the curry paste and cook for a minute or so stirring the whole time, then add the squash, chickpeas, coconut milk, desiccated coconut, water and a pinch of salt, bring it to a boil by turning the heat up. Stir butternut squash and carrots into the pot. Add enough water to cover vegetables halfway. Add more water if curry gets too dry.

Butternut Squash and Chickpea Curry instructions

  1. Rinse and sort chickpeas..
  2. Cut the skin from the squash, remove seeds and dice into 1 inch cubes..
  3. Add all ingredients to crock pot except peas and spinach..
  4. Cook on high for about 6 hours..
  5. 20-30 min before serving, add peas and spinach..
  6. If sauce is too watery, add some corn starch..
  7. Serve over jasmine rice..

Mix in cooked chickpeas shortly before serving and heat until warm. Cook the rice in boiling salted water, as per pack instructions. Make it as hot (or not) as you like by upping the chilli content or including just half of one. For added greens, stir in spinach, kale or spring greens to wilt down right at the end of cooking. A good source of Calcium - important for many body functions such as strong healthy bones.