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Chickpea and Spinach Curry

From Ellen Carroll, Cooking Light magazine
/ Source: TODAY

Servings: 3
Serving size: 1 1/3 cups chickpea mixture

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons bottled ground fresh ginger (such as Spice World)
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons red curry powder (such as McCormick)
  • One 19-ounce can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained
  • One 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 4 cups fresh spinach
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS
Combine onion and ginger in a food processor; pulse until minced. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion mixture, sugar and curry to pan; saute 3 minutes. Add chickpeas and tomatoes; simmer 2 minutes. Stir in spinach, water and salt; cook 1 minute or until spinach wilts.

TIP
Serve with warm pitas or over basmati rice. You can top with a dollop of low-fat plain yogurt to contrast the earthy spices.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

CALORIES 247 (15% from fat)
FAT 4g (sat 0.6g, mono 1.6g, poly 0.9g)
PROTEIN 11.1g
CARB 45g
FIBER 8.4g
CHOL 1mg
IRON 5mg
SODIUM 857mg
CALC 194mg