Chana masala with spinach and cauliflower
A spiced chickpea curry that comes mostly cooked in a jar, needing only warming and a stir of fresh spinach to finish. This shelf does the work for you on a night when energy is low and dinner needs to land fast.
About 300 calories a serving, 11 g protein, 49 g carbohydrate, 9 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 2 cups loosely packed [about 60 grams] fresh spinach
From your shelf
- 1 jar [about 700 grams] chana masala with brown basmati rice
Staples
- 1 tablespoon oil
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Tip the entire contents of the jar into the pan and stir to combine the rice, chickpeas, cauliflower, and curry sauce. Let it warm through for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring often so nothing sticks to the bottom.
- When the curry is steaming and the rice is hot, add 2 cups fresh spinach in handfuls, stirring between each addition until the leaves wilt completely. This takes 1 to 2 minutes.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper as needed. Divide between two bowls and serve at once.
Note Swap spinach for any tender greens you have on hand, or skip it entirely and top with a fried egg if that appeals. Leftover curry keeps refrigerated for three days; reheat gently with a splash of water. Serve with a wedge of lemon or a dollop of yogurt if you have it.
On the label
CHICKPEAS WITH MASALA CURRY SAUCE (COOKED GARBANZO BEANS [CHICKPEAS, SALT], WATER, TOMATO PASTE, ONION, MANGOS, CORN STARCH, BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM], SPICES, SEA SALT, GARLIC, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, TURMERIC), COOKED BROWN BASMATI RICE, CAULIFLOWER, SPINACH, WATER, ROASTED GARLIC, CORN STARCH, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, ONION, SEA SALT, SPICES.
Open Nature, frozen dinners & entrees, serving 269 g, package 9.5 oz/269 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as basmati rice. Half of it left? Use up the basmati rice.