Chickpea & Spinach Coconut Curry
Creamy vegan curry with chickpeas, tomatoes and spinach served over rice.
dinnerveganvegetarianpescatariangluten-freedairy-free
Serves 4 · Prep 10 min · Cook 25 min · Indian-inspired
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 cup yellow onion, chopped
- 3 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tbsp curry powder
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes
- 1 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 2 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 5 cup spinach
- 1 1/4 cup white rice, uncooked
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
- 1 tsp kosher salt
Instructions
- Cook the rice with 2 1/2 cups water: bring to a boil, cover and simmer on low 15 minutes, then rest 5 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the onion 5 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger and curry powder and cook 1 minute.
- Stir in the tomato paste, tomatoes and coconut milk. Bring to a simmer.
- Add the chickpeas and salt and simmer 10 minutes until slightly thickened.
- Stir in the spinach until wilted, then the lime juice.
- Serve over the rice, topped with cilantro.
Nutrition facts (per serving)
| Calories | 650 |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Total carbohydrate | 91 g |
| Dietary fiber | 12 g |
| Total sugars | 8 g |
| Total fat | 27 g |
| Saturated fat | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Sodium | 1080 mg |
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation Foods 2026-04 and SR Legacy 2018-04): ingredient grams from FDC foodPortions, energy = protein/fat/carbohydrate × the food's specific Atwater factors (general 4/9/4 when FDC lists none), rounded per FDA 21 CFR 101.9(c).
USDA FoodData Central sources
- 1 tbsp vegetable-oil → 14 g of Oil, canola (SR Legacy, FDC 172336); FDC portion "1 tbsp" = 14 g
- 1 cup yellow-onion → 160 g of Onions, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 170000); FDC portion "1 cup, chopped" = 160 g
- 3 clove garlic → 9 g of Garlic, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 169230); FDC portion "1 clove" = 3 g
- 1 tbsp ginger → 6 g of Ginger root, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 169231); FDC portion "0.25 cup slices (1" dia)" = 24 g
- 2 tbsp curry-powder → 13 g of Spices, curry powder (SR Legacy, FDC 170924); FDC portion "1 tbsp" = 6.3 g
- 2 tbsp tomato-paste → 32 g of Tomato products, canned, paste, without salt added (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) (SR Legacy, FDC 170459); FDC portion "1 tbsp" = 16 g
- 14.5 oz diced-tomatoes → 411 g of Tomatoes, canned, red, ripe, diced (Foundation, FDC 333281); oz (exact)
- 1.5 cup coconut-milk → 339 g of Nuts, coconut milk, canned (liquid expressed from grated meat and water) (SR Legacy, FDC 170173); FDC portion "1 cup" = 226 g
- 2 can chickpeas → 506 g of Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, drained solids (SR Legacy, FDC 173800); FDC portion "1 can drained" = 253 g
- 5 cup spinach → 150 g of Spinach, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 168462); FDC portion "1 cup" = 30 g
- 1.25 cup white-rice → 231 g of Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched (SR Legacy, FDC 168877); FDC portion "1 cup" = 185 g
- 2 tbsp lime-juice → 30 g of Lime juice, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 168156); FDC portion "1 cup" = 242 g
- 0.25 cup cilantro → 4 g of Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw (SR Legacy, FDC 169997); FDC portion "0.25 cup" = 4 g
- 1 tsp kosher-salt → 6 g of Salt, table, iodized (Foundation, FDC 746775); FDC portion "1 teaspoon" = 6.1 g
Ask your AI assistant: “add Chickpea & Spinach Coconut Curry to my meal plan and make a grocery list” — connect Mise.