Sweet Potato Spinach Chickpea Curry

A fresh and fragrant sweet potato spinach chickpea curry that is family friendly and packed with vegetables. Serve on a bed of rice or with bread or enjoy on its own. This is a gluten free vegan curry.

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• 😋Why you’ll love this recipe
• ✔️What You’ll Need
• 🥘 Ingredients Notes
• 🔪 Step by step guide
• 💭 Pro Tips 
• 🍛Variations
• ❓FAQ
• 🍴Serving Suggestions
• 💡Related Recipes
• Sweet Potato Spinach Chickpea Curry

I came across this sweet potato spinach chickpea curry whilst at my brother's house one day. It caught my attention as I loved that the ingredients all came together as part of a meal kit, it was a simple recipe and all they had to do was cook it up.

It was a part of a meal kit from Hello Fresh and it was delicious and easy. Their meal kits make life easier for the busy lifestyle everyone leads these days. I was impressed that everything came in one kit - all it needs was cooking up.

I had to try this recipe out for myself. I love a good curry, it has to be hot enough to enjoy, not overbearing in heat (taste-wise, not temperature). 

My family also enjoys a good vegan chickpea curry, they are tasty and a great way to get a variety of vegetables into our diets. Another curry we love is our yellow split pea dal, it's very creamy from the split peas.

This easy vegan curry recipe is a keeper, ideal for when you need a meal to come together with ease.

😋Why you’ll love this recipe

• Vegan, gluten free, nut free, soy free and corn free
• A good family weeknight meal or for anytime you want to have a meat-free meal
• Simple ingredients
• Makes a fabulous vegan meal prep meal

✔️What You’ll Need

Pantry ingredients - to make life a little easier, use your favourite store-bought curry paste, rather than making it from scratch. You'll also need water.

The fresh ingredients are easily found at any local grocer.

🥘 Ingredients Notes

Red onion also known as spanish onion, should be finely diced. Brown or white onion are a good substitute.

Sweet potato is peeled and cut into 1cm cubes. The orange variety is best and adds a nice natural sweetness.

Canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans) are drained and rinsed. Be sure to keep the aquafaba, which is the water of the chickpeas and can be used to make a variety of foods such as eggless mayonnaise.

Curry Paste can be found at your local supermarket, be sure to read the label to check for your dietary needs and the heat level. Curry pastes vary from mild to super hot.

Canned diced tomato, can easily be found at any grocer. Be sure there are no added herbs, you want plain tomatoes.

Baby spinach leaves are easy to work with due to their size, they can be washed, dried and thrown straight into this sweet potato spinach chickpea curry without having to chop up. Add the spinach at the end, as you only need them to wilt.

If you have a heap of spinach left over and chickpeas in the pantry, try my Lebanese spinach stew which uses both of these ingredients.

Fresh coriander leaves (aka cilantro) gives this curry a lovely herb flavouring. Once washed and dried, pick the leaves and set aside to top the curry with at the end.

Olive oil is used to soften the onion. Only a small amount is needed.

Brown rice is enjoyed on the side. You will need this to serve with. Following the packet instructions for how to prepare.

🔪 Step by step guide

Step 1 - Over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and red onion in a saucepan and soften for approximately 5 minutes. Add the curry paste and a splash of water and cook for 1 minute

Step 2 - Add the sweet potato, tomato and chickpeas coat well in the curry paste. Add the water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potato is tender. Remove the lid and cook for a further 10-15 minutes, until the curry has reduced slightly. Stir through the baby spinach leaves and simmer for 1 minute. Turn off heat. 

Step 3 - Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve topped with coriander leaves.

💭 Pro Tips 

If you like more heat, feel free to add in some of your favourite chilli - fresh, dried or powdered.

Oil can be cut out by replacing it with a few spoonfuls of water to help softened the onions.

If you are eating this sweet potato spinach chickpea curry with a side of brown rice, prepare (cook) your rice whilst this curry is simmering.

🍛Variations

Sweet potato can be swapped with normal potato, you may need to cook for a little bit longer if doing this.

Coriander (cilantro) can be swapped with fresh parsley leaves. 

Fresh spinach can be substituted with frozen spinach if needed.

❓FAQ

🍴Serving Suggestions

This vegan curry works well with a side of rice, naan bread (both flavoured and plain work well), plain dinner rolls, cauliflower rice (riced cauliflower), papadums, steamed quinoa, steamed millet, or on its own. 

💡Related Recipes

Looking for more sweet potato recipes? Try my silky creamy sweet potato and pumpkin soup.

If you are a curry lover, try my easy curried mung beans, my vegetable curry puffs or this vegetable curry by I Heart Vegetables.

Another curry to try is cabbage potato curry by Shilpa

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