Chana Bhuna

This Chana Bhuna is naturally vegan and low fat as well as being very quick to make!  It’s cheap to make and you should still be able to find all the ingredients on the shelves at this time of shortages.

Ingredients

400g can of chickpeas, drained

1 medium onion, chopped finely

1 garlic clove, chopped finely

1cm piece ginger, peeled and grated

Half a red pepper deseeded and finely chopped.

1 tbsp chilli powder

1 tsp ground coriander

1 tsp cumin

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp paprika

400g can of plum tomato

Juice from half a lemon

220g baby spinach

1 tbsp oil

75g of rice

Method

• Start cooking rice
• Heat oil in large pan adding in onion, garlic, ginger and chilli and red pepper for 3 minutes.  Add all the spices and cook for a further 2 mins.
• Stir in the tomatoes
• Add the chickpeas and 200ml of water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins.
• Stir in lemon juice and spinach.
• Serve rice first and then the curry.
• Enjoy!