Chickpea Korma with Spiced Rice

Chickpea Korma with Spiced Rice

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 3
This dish most recently appeared in My Veggie (4 Nights For 2) on Sunday, November 17, 2019.

Ingredients

Rice

  • 1 pack rice spices
  • 1 cup basmati rice
  • 1 1/2 cups boiling water

Curry

  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 carrot, diced 1 cm
  • 1 pack korma paste
  • 1 can chickpeas, drained & rinsed
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable stock
  • 1/2 broccoli, chopped into small florets
  • 1 pack baby spinach

To Serve

  • 1/4 cup yoghurt
  • 1/2 pack pistachio cashew blend

Steps

  1. Cook spices. Heat a drizzle of oil in a pot on medium heat and cook rice spices for 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
  2. Cook rice. Add rice to pot with spices and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add boiling water measure and 1/2 tsp salt and bring to the boil. Once boiling, cover with a lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 12 minutes. Turn off heat and steam, covered, for 5 more minutes. Do not lift lid during cooking.
  3. Prep veggies & start curry. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large fry-pan on medium-high heat and cook onion and carrot with a pinch of salt for 3-4 minutes, until softened. Add korma paste and chickpeas and cook for a further minute, until fragrant.
  4. Finish curry. Add coconut milk and stock and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to lowmedium and simmer for about 6 minutes. Add broccoli and cook for 3-4 minutes, until curry has thickened and broccoli is tender. Stir through spinach and season to taste.
  5. Serve rice topped with curry, yoghurt and pistachio cashew blend.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2933 kj
701 kcal
Protein 17.2g
Carbohydrate 73.4g
Fat 36.5g