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Chickpea and spinach curry

A gentle tomato chickpea curry with spinach and a portion of rice.

Bowl of chickpea and spinach curry with tomato sauce, rice and cilantro.
490 kcal per servingPrep time: 25 minServings: 1DinnerPlant-based25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 140 g cooked chickpeas
  • 150 g crushed tomatoes
  • 2 handfuls spinach
  • 50 g dry basmati rice
  • ½ onion
  • 1 tsp oil
  • Curry powder

Method

  1. Cook the rice.
  2. Soften onion in oil, stir in curry powder and tomatoes, then simmer 8 minutes.
  3. Add chickpeas and spinach; serve once the spinach has wilted.

Calories in context

At 490 kcal per serving, this dish is about 25% of a 2000 kcal daily reference intake — the standard reference amount used on nutrition labels, not a personal target.

Eaten as the evening meal in a three-meal day, it is one part of a day whose real total depends on your own body, activity level and goals, not on any single recipe. For a calorie range that reflects those, rather than a generic reference figure, the tools below can help.

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