Introducing the quickest curry you’ll ever make! 10 min Chickpea & Spinach Curry.
A really simple and tasty Chickpea & Spinach Curry that can be made in one pot in just 10 minutes!
This is the perfect dish for when you don’t have much time and fancy something comforting. You will definitely be surprised how much flavour this packs in from cooking for such little time.
The best part about this 10 minute curry apart from the fact it is so quick to make is that this is so inexpensive too, only costing roughly £1 per portion.
The more you make this curry the quicker you will become. I think it can be made in under 10 minutes quite easily once you have made it a couple times.
One-pot cooking is my favourite type of dinners. Minimal effort, delicious and not much washing up!
I challenge you to break the 10 minute mark, let me know in the comments below once you have achieved it 🙂
Just make sure you make extras as this can be kept in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 2 days or it can be frozen so you have a healthy meal another time.
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10 Minute Chickpea & Spinach Curry
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil or coconut oil
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 red onion roughly diced
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- Pinch of chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 cans chickpeas 400g x2
- 200 ml veg stock
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1/2 cup ground almonds 60g
- 200 g spinach
Instructions
- Heat a large pot on a medium heat with olive oil/coconut oil and crushed garlic
- Meanwhile roughly dice the red onion and add to the pot to cook down for a minute
- Add all the spices and tomato puree and stir
- Now add the chickpeas, coconut milk, veg stock and cook on a medium/high heat for 5 minutes making sure to stir
- Add the ground almonds and stir. Allow to cook down for a further 2-3 minutes
- Finally take off the heat and stir through the spinach until wilted
Notes
Looking for another 10 minute dinner? Try my Healthy 10 Min Stir-Fry
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So delicious and quick to make (even with my 3 year old helping!). I’m allergic to coconut so used Alpro single cream instead and it still turned out perfectly.
Love this recipe! Have made it about 10 times. This is my go to speedy meal for dinner. Often I add cauliflower which is delicious and sometimes if I don’t have coconut milk I substitute for canned tomatoes which works really well. Thank you!
Delicious! I was sceptical at first about the cooking time (???!!) but it turned out just fine! I used frozen spinach and it was delicious, so I can only imagine what it’s like with fresh. Thanks James. I suspect this will be a firm favourite.
Thanks Vee 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed!
This was so tasty and really easy to make! I didn’t have cayenne pepper so I left it out, and I added 1/2 tsp of curry powder. I also didn’t have any spinach, so I served it alongside some green beans. My husband was really impressed with the flavour and didn’t mind not having any meat.
We have made this numerous times and delicious every time
This recipe looks amazing! I am allergic to coconut, what do you think I could use instead, if anything? Thank you so much!
Hey Hatty, you could do a mixture of soya cream and water? Coconut milk is really hard to replace in curries 🙁
We love this recipe! Fast, tasty and healthy … what more could you want?!
Thanks for the great feedback Alex 🙂
Hi
This is my favourite meal. Love it. Love it.
I sometimes add cauliflower and or mushrooms.
Actually I say “I” but my husband does the cooking since I became ill. He was definitely no cook but has been able to follow James recipes and cook delicious meals. James has discovered how to achieve tasty, healthy food with a short prep time.
Genius!!!
Followed to the letter (just happened to have everything) and this is utterly delicious…more than a hint of Thai curry which is absolutely divine and an instant vegan winner
Thank you Caroline 🙂 glad you enjoyed it!
Can you share how to prepare veg stock and tomato purée? Is it store bought?
Hey Devyani, yes both store bought 🙂
This was amazing!!!
Thank you Val 🙂 glad you enjoyed it!
May I ask I want to make this curry but I only have half can of coconut milk but how much stock would I use and chickpeas?
Hey Jasi, I would just have all the ingredients 🙂 enjoy!
I made this without tomato paste, almonds and coconut milk. Was still lovely.
We have made this a couple of times and used cauliflower too what is the calories per serving?
I have commented before in this recipe I really should try some others but made this today for a vegetarian friend and it was as always really great and easy to make. Maybe look for something similar easy,quick and tasty any recommends?
I added a lot more spices than listed. More paprika, cinnamon, nutmeg, sweet paprika (in addition the the smoked), curry powder, salt, pepper and some garam Masala
That said it was very tasty and filling
I recommend tasting it as you go
It is really good – I played with the recipe a bit and added my own spice mixing a few extra veg i had from the allotment. Simple, cheap and tasty.
Thank you Sally 🙂
Absolutely gorgeous. We all really loved it.
Thank you.
Amazing so glad I found this recipe, will be making this on a regular basis
Thanks for sharing your feedback Jackie 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed it!
I’ve made this curry 5+ times. Beautiful and yummy. I add corriander and lime at the end and I am bit heavier with the chilli spicing. Great recipe thanks!
Yay 🙂 so pleased you’re enjoyed it Katherine! Thanks for sharing the feedback.
I’ve just made this for tea and it delicious. I added green lentils too.
I used bare naked rice as im on a low carb healthy eating plan at the moment.
Thank you Carole, pleased you enjoyed the recipe!
Great recipe, made it twice now and i cant stop eating eat.
Thank you Lee, glad you’re enjoying it!
nice.. i’m about to try .. i loathe cumin with a passion so this is going to rock my world
Oh that’s handy Sandy as I have a cumin allergy so all my recipes are made with a mixture of my own spices so no cumin anywhere! Enjoy 🙂
This is a fab recipe, great depth of flavour, creamy, not over spicy and quick and easy to prepare. Big thumbs up from me.
Love that feedback, thank you 🙂
whole family loves this one!
Thank you Tessa, glad you all enjoyed it 🙂
I made this for the first time tonight and luckily had most of the ingredients in the cupboard. I’m so impressed how delicious it was for how quick the recipe takes to cook. I had coriander left over and added that and used frozen spinach instead of fresh and it came out beautiful. Thanks for such a great recipe, will be making this again!
Love that Kate, so pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to review it 🙂
James, My husband and I really liked this curry recipe. It’s easy, healthy and, most importantly, tasty. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank you Carol, so pleased you both enjoyed the recipe! I actually have a similar one coming in the eBook I am writing which I think you’ll love so keep an eye out for that 🙂
Hi James,
I’m allergic to almonds (and hazelnuts, peanuts & soy).
I was wondering what the best substitute for the ground almond would be? Should I use a different type of nut or would something else work?
Hey Sim,
I would be inclined to try something like coconut flour or desicated coconut instead. The ground almonds are in there to help thicken the sauce + add texture and taste of course but I think though other 2 might work too. Let me know how you get on.
Rookie question, do we need to drain the chickpeas? I was going to as there is already stock plus the coconut milk, but the can says to heat them including the liquid????
Not a rookie question Kirsty. I personally prefer to drain and rinse my canned chickpeas 🙂
Hi James! My curry turned out watery instead of creamy. I followed the instrcuctions, but somehow I failed. Where did you think I went wrong? Thanks.
Hey Alexa, sorry that it didn’t turn out ok for you 🙁 it could be a couple things. You didn’t cook it on high enough heat to help reduce it faster. Brands of coconut milk can differ, some are more liquid than others.
Next turn I suggest either adding more ground almonds, less stock or cooking on a higher heat or for slightly longer.
Lovely curry my husband and I really enjoyed it although I did add more cayenne pepper. We had half and put the rest in the freezer for another day.
We had it with cauliflower rice which complimented it very well!
Glad you enjoyed it Sue 🙂 thanks for sharing your feedback!
Great recipe! Easy and full of flavour. I will definitely make this again!
Delicious!!!
Hi James, looks amazing. I’m going to make it for my husbands birthday. He’s asked for a curry but he doesn’t like the taste of coconut milk. Do you think I can sub it with oat milk or another dairy free milk? Avril
Hey Avril, good question! I don’t really think the coconut flavour comes through that much in this curry nor most of my curries apart from the Thai ones.
But replacing with another dairy free milk may work (I haven’t ever tried it) but I would add some soya cream into it as well to help replace the missing coconut cream.
You could also try a different curry which you definitely don’t get the coconut flavour such as:
https://healthylivingjames.co.uk/apricot-butternut-squash-cashew-curry/
https://healthylivingjames.co.uk/sweet-potato-chickpea-curry/
Let me know how you get on 🙂
Amazing you did it again! Tastes delicious, I also added some mushrooms and served with a slice of lemon, turned out perfect. You’re the best <3
Aww thank you Daniela 🙂 so pleased you enjoyed it and thank you for sharing your feedback!
Amazing, you did it again! A great recipe, I added some extra mushrooms and served with a slice of lemon. Super good <3
Hi!
I think what Ewa means is that there isn’t any curry powder or curry paste used in this dish.
Hey Emily,
Thanks for commenting!
I have a cumin allergy so can’t use curry paste or powder so all my curries come from my own mixture of spices 🙂
Hope this helps.
James
I think you have forgotten about the curry in your recipie ; -)
Hey Ewa,
How do you mean?
James