Aloo Gobi with Chickpeas
I like to make this recipe when Laura and I are really short on ingredients - usually the day before we do our grocery shop! It only requires a few items (if you’ve got some potatoes, cauliflower and cilantro you’re almost there!) The dish only takes 25 minutes to prepare and cook, which is great for a busy work night or when you fancy a lazy night in front of the TV.
Aloo gobi is also a great healthy options for when you fancy Indian food - there’s no cream or other heavy ingredients that you’d usually expect from Indian curries. Each serving of this aloo gobi has more than half of your daily fibre and around a quarter of your daily protein. Most of its fat comes from the oil the spices are cooked in, so if you’re keeping an eye on that you can get away with using a little less.
Even better, it keeps really well, so you can store it and use for lunches for the rest of the week. Tumeric is the dominant flavour in this dish - it’s also what gives the aloo gobi its distinctive colour. I’ve also added chickpeas to this recipe because they add another texture into the mix and give the dish a little more body.
Aloo Gobi with Chickpeas
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 2 people
Serving size: 635g
Calories per serving: 544
Fat per serving: 28.6g
Ingredients
- 50ml canola oil
- 1/2 green chilli, chopped finely
- 1 whole cauliflower, cut into florets
- 1 large white potato, peeled and cut into large cubes
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1/2 can of chickpeas
- 1 handful cilantro, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp turmeric
- 1/2 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup water
Method
- Begin be placing a deep saute pan on a medium-high heat and pour in the canola oil.
- Add in the ground coriander, turmeric, garlic and green chilli. and fry for around 40-50 seconds. This is going to form the spice paste which will be used to flavour dish.
- Next, add in the potato, cauliflower and cilantro and mix together really well, so the cauliflower and potatoes takes on the nice yellow colour of the spice paste.
- Then add the 1/2 cup of water and the chickpeas, give it all a good stir. Bring the water to the boil, then turn the heat down, cover the pan and leave to simmer for 15 minutes.
- Serve up in a large bowl with a small sprinkling of chopped cilantro.
Nutrition
| Nutrition information | Per serving (635g) |
|---|---|
| Energy | 2276kJ / 544kcal |
| Fat | 28.6g |
| of which saturates | 2.6g |
| Carbohydrate | 60.6g |
| Fibre | 17.2g |
| Protein | 13.6g |
| Salt | 3g |
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central for the ingredients as listed. Salt excludes seasoning added to taste. Values not shown could not be calculated reliably.