Vegetarian Spiced Chickpea Stew
04 Thursday Jun 2020
Written by Gail in Dinner, Lunch, Sailing Favourite
Tags
#chickpeas, #coconutmilk, #dinner, #eatyourvegetables, #nytcooking, #swisschard, #thestew, #vegetarian
The flavours in this stew are so rich, creamy, a little spicy, and full on coconut. This is pure comfort food and our favourite stew right now! This is a NYT Cooking recipe from Alison Roman that went viral on the internet last year – it’s that good.
The stew is quick to make for a weeknight dinner while delivering on lots of flavour.

Enjoy!

Vegetarian Spiced Chickpea Stew
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin
- 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
- 1 tablespoon ground turmeric
- 2 cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 teaspoon chili flakes, optional
- 2 cans coconut milk, full fat and organic
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 5 cups chopped Swiss chard (you can use kale or other hearty greens)
- 1 cup fresh spinach, chopped
- 1 cup Greek-style yogurt
- 1/2 cup mint leaves, chopped
- 1/2 lime (juiced)
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- In a large pot or Dutch oven add olive oil and sauté onions, ginger and garlic until the onions are translucent.
- Add salt, pepper, turmeric and chili flakes and mix well.
- Add chickpeas that have been drained and rinsed. While rinsing the chickpeas I remove most of the outer skin, but that is very optional. Note: You can use dried chickpeas, as well, but they must be pre-soaked and fully cooked before adding them to the stew.
- Cook chickpeas and aromatics for 10 minutes.
- Add coconut milk and vegetable or chicken broth. Stir well and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 30 minutes.
- Prepare greens – remove the stem from the swiss chard and cut into bite size pieces. Add greens just before serving. Cook for about 5 minutes.
- Serve in bowls.
- Garnish with 1 tablespoon Greek style yogurt, topped with mint leaves, chili flakes, a nice drizzle of olive oil and a squirt of lime juice.
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