This week’s recipe is for Spicy Plant Based Chickpeas With Brown Rice. I know I’m biased, but it tastes amazing, especially on the second day. The flavours just seem to blend together beautifully.
The first time I made it, I added too many green chillies and nearly blew my head off! Needless to say, the recipe below has a lovely balance of flavours so hopefully this won’t happen to you.
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The presentation at the Experimental Biology Conference went on to reveal that:
Children who ate beans not only had greater intakes of fiber (more than one-third higher), magnesium, and potassium, but showed a trend toward reduced risk of being overweight. Bean-consumers between the ages of 12 and 19 weighed seven pounds less and had nearly an inch smaller waist circumference than their non-bean-consuming peers.
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I hope you enjoy this Spicy Plant Based Chickpeas With Brown Rice dish as much as I do!
Plant-Based Spicy Chickpeas with Brown Rice
Equipment
- Pots
- Wooden spoon
- Sharp paring knives
- Measuring jug
Ingredients
- 2 onions finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 4 garlic cloves crushed
- 2 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 green chilli finely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder to suit your taste
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 400 g can of chopped tomatoes
- 800 g cans of chickpeas drained and rinsed. You can use your own cooked from dry ones as well.
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- 4 tablespoons fresh coriander chopped
- fresh lemon juice
- brown rice cook as per the packet instructions
Instructions
- Put the brown rice on to cook, then take a large pot and add the cumin seeds to it without adding any oil or water. Cook until they start to jump.
- Add an inch or so of cold water then add the chopped onions. Stir to mix with the cumin seeds until the onions become transparent - about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the ground turmeric, chilli powder and coriander and stir for a couple of minutes.
- Add the chickpeas, tomatoes and green chilli then stir together. Add a little water now if you like to have some sauce. Cook for 10 minutes then stir in the garam masala and a couple of tablespoons of the lemon juice.
- Have a taste. If you'd like more lemon juice add more. If you'd like more sauce, add a bit more water. Stir in the coriander and it's now ready to serve.
- Spoon over the brown rice and serve with your choice of veg. I had some Brussels sprouts and cabbage with it. Delish!
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