admin February 15, 2024

I love to cook a large amount of beans to keep on hand over the course of the next week for easy and nutritious dishes. This week, I choose chickpeas as the bean choice. This recipe is the first thing I ended up making with them. I will probably use the rest for hummus or stirred into some fried rice.

Our local farmers market has an Indian spice vendor that has the most delicious spice blends. I purchase my tikka masala spice blend from them. You can find it on their website here.

This dish was a winner with my husband, which means I will be making it again in the future. And I love it so much I have been eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Junita Cullum

Chickpea Masala

5 from 1 vote
A delicious creamy chickpea dish with mild spices
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 3 garlic cloves finely diced
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger minced
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 tbsp tikka masala spice blend
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 15 oz can full fat coconut milk
  • 1 large carrot chopped
  • 3 cups cooked chickpeas
  • cilantro for serving
  • 4 lime wedges for serving

Equipment

  • Instapot

Method
 

  1. Turn your instapot to saute mode. Saute the garlic, ginger and carrot in the coconut oil for 5 minutes. The garlic should be starting to brown.
  2. Stir in the tikka masala spice blend. Stir until spices are toasted, 1 minute.
  3. Pour in the tomatoes, coconut milk and chickpeas. Now, using the pressure cook mode on the instapot, set it to 6 minutes and cook. Using the quick release method, remove the lid and stir in salt to taste.
  4. Serve over cali rice and top with cilantro and fresh squeezed lime.

I like to serve the chickpea masala over this cauliflower rice as an easy veggie side dish. Plus it’s low carb which is a nice bonus. You can also use a whole head of cauliflower and chop it up finely, but I prefer the ease of bagged and precut cauliflower! You can find bara masala spice blends at Indian grocers or make your own. I buy mine from a local Indian grocer. Its a blend of whole spices including coriander, fennel, fenugreek, nigella, sesame seeds and cumin seeds. If you can’t find it just use a mixture of these.

Spiced Cali Rice

5 from 1 vote
low carb rice alternative perfect for serving with Indian dishes.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 9 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 red onion diced
  • 1 tbsp bara masala spice blend whole spice version is best but if ground is all you can find that works too
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1 16 oz package cali rice

Method
 

  1. In a large saucepan, saute the onion with spices in the coconut oil for 5 minutes. Add in the cal rice, water and salt. Cover with a lid and steam for 5 minutes or until cali rice is tender. Serve with your favorite Indian dishes.

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