Rick Stein’s Cauliflower, Chickpea and Coconut Curry

by Rick Stein from Rick Stein’s Simple Suppers

Rick Stein's creamy, lightly spiced and subtly sweet cauliflower and chickpea curry will be on the table in well under 30 minutes and also happens to be vegan. Serve with fluffy rice and naan for the perfect meat-free Monday feast.

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Rick Stein’s Simple Suppers

Rick Stein

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Introduction

This is a dish that Portia Spooner, who works with me on recipes, came up with – living in Totnes, in Devon, she has a lot of vegetarian friends. You may have noticed that Totnes is twinned with Narnia! It’s a sort of korma, using coconut milk instead of yoghurt, but like that wonderfully comforting dish from northern India this is very lightly spiced and ever so slightly sweet.

Ingredients

	To serve:
1	onion, sliced
3	garlic cloves, chopped
15g	root ginger, peeled and grated
2 tbsp	garam masala
1 tsp	ground cumin
1 tsp	ground turmeric
¼–½ tsp	hot chilli powder
2 x 400g tins of	coconut milk
1 heaped tsp	sugar
400g tin of	chickpeas, drained
1 cauliflower (about 650g)	cut into small florets, tender leaves roughly chopped
2 tbsp	ground almonds
200g	spinach, washed and well drained
	squeeze of lemon juice (optional)
	salt
	naan
	fresh coriander

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onion, garlic and ginger until light golden brown and softened. Add the spices and fry for a minute, then add the coconut milk, sugar and chickpeas. Season with salt and simmer for 2–3 minutes.

Add the cauliflower and continue to simmer for a further 7–10 minutes until just tender. Stir in the ground almonds and spinach and cook for about 2 minutes until the spinach has wilted.

Add a squeeze of lemon juice, if using, and serve with naan and fresh coriander.

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In Simple Suppers, Rick Stein provides a joyful collection of over 120 recipes for that most ordinary of meals: supper. In his own words, the dishes showcased in this book are ‘straightforward and informal, yet effortlessly delicious’. Intended to be permanently within reach on kitchen shelves, Simple Suppers is bursting with inspiration for every eventuality, from solo midweek dinners to relaxed meals with friends. Chapters include Suppers for One, Suppers for Two, Suppers with Friends, Fast Suppers, One-Pot Suppers, and Veggie Suppers, ensuring that this will be your new go-to cookbook.

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