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Cinnamon-spice chickpea curry recipe
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Cinnamon-spice chickpea curry recipe

16 ingredients 35 min + 35 min 4 people openrecipes

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

310
Calories
11g
Protein
4g
Fat
64g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 15 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Plum 1 medium (66g) 30
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Seed not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 x 400g tins of chickpeas, rinsed and drained
  • 4 sunflower oil, plus 75ml
  • tsp coriander seeds
  • 15 cinnamon stick (7-8cm long)
  • g dried red chillies
  • 1 cloves
  • 4 black peppercorns
  • 8 dried Indian bay leaves
  • 1 cumin seeds
  • tsp medium cooking onion, chopped or blended to a smooth paste
  • 6 cm root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 2 x 400g tin of peeled plum tomatoes, finely chopped or blended
  • tsp salt
  • 1 medium red chilli powder
  • 4 sugar
  • 1 handfuls of fresh coriander, finely chopped

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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