Chickpea Broad Bean And Spinach Bake Recipes

CHICKPEAS WITH TOMATOES & SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a wok and fry the onion over a low heat until softened. Stir in the garlic, ginger and chillies and cook for a further 5 mins until the onions are golden and the garlic slightly toasted.
• Add the turmeric, garam masala and cumin, stirring over a low heat for a few secs. Tip in the chopped tomatoes and add the tomato purée, then simmer for 5 mins.
• Add the chickpeas to the pan with 300ml water (fill the can three-quarters full). Simmer for 10 mins before stirring in the spinach to wilt. Season and serve with rice or naan.

CHICKPEAS WITH BABY SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy saucepan over medium heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Add the garlic, cumin, tomato paste and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring for one to two minutes, until fragrant and the tomato paste has turned a darker color. Add the chickpeas, the stock or water, and the cayenne, and bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Stir in the spinach, a handful at a time, stirring until each addition of spinach wilts. Add salt to taste and simmer uncovered, stirring often, for five minutes. Add lots of freshly ground pepper, taste and adjust salt and cayenne, and serve.

CHICKPEAS WITH SPINACH (GREEK)

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, saute the onions and garlic in the olive oil until the onions are tender.
• Add the chickpeas, tomatoes, pepper flakes (to suit your taste), and oregano,and paprika.
• Cover and simmer for about 18 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add spinach and cook about 7 minutes longer, or until spinach is cooked.
• Add the lemon juice (I usually like to add the juice of about 1 1/2 lemons. Add the juice of 1 lemon, taste and adjust to your own, personal taste), salt and pepper.

CHICKPEAS WITH EGGPLANT (AUBERGINE) AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Rinse the chickpeas.
• Fry the eggplant cubes in the oil until golden on the outside and tender inside.
• This will take about 10 minutes.
• Remove with a draining spoon.
• If there is no oil left in the pan then add a little more and when it is hot, add the ginger, garlic and chilli and fry for one minute.
• Stir constantly.
• Add the coriander and cumin and cook for 30 seconds, taking care not to burn the spices.
• Add the tomatoes and their juice, chickpeas and water.
• Bring to a boil and simmer.
• Cook for 15 minutes, add the spinach and bring to a boil.
• Cook for a further minute or two until the spinach is tender.
• Stir the eggplant back in, season with salt and pepper and serve hot.

SWEET POTATO, SPINACH AND CHICKPEA BAKE

Steps:

• Peel two of the onions and cut each into eight wedges.
• Pour 4 tbsp of the oil in a large roasting tin.
• Add the onion, cubed sweet potatoes and peppers and mix well with the oil.
• Turn the oven to 200c/400F/Gas 6, put the tin in the oven and roast the vegetables for about 35 minutes, turning them half way through.
• Meanwhile peel and roughly chop the other onion.
• Heat the remaining 2 tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan and fry the onion until it begins to soften.
• Add the garlic and spice mix and stir well.
• Add the tinned tomatoes and their juice, breaking them up if necessary with a wooden spoon. Cook for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the stock, then check the seasoning adding salt and a little sugar to taste.
• Stir in the chickpeas.
• When the vegetables have been cooking for 35 minutes, pour over the spiced tomatoes and chickpeas and mix well.
• Turn the oven temperature down to 190C/375F/Gas5 and cook for another 20 to 30 minutes until vegetables are well cooked, turning them half way through.
• Just before the end of the cooking time, wash the spinach, remove any rough stalks, slice them finely and stir them into the bake.
• Return the tin to the oven for another 5 minutes.
• Serve with sour cream or yoghurt.

CHICKPEAS WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Pick over the chickpeas, discarding any misshapen peas or grit, rinse well, and soak overnight in water to cover. The next day, drain the chickpeas and put them in a saucepan with water to cover by 2 inches. Tie together 4 of the garlic cloves, the onion, and the bay leaf in a piece of cheesecloth and add the sachet to the pan. Add the optional ham hock only if you will not be adding salt cod later, and then bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer uncovered, adding 2 teaspoons salt (less if using the ham hock) after the first 10 minutes of cooking, until the chickpeas are tender, about 1 hour. Remove the pan from the heat, and remove the sachet from the pan. Leave the chickpeas in their cooking liquid. Discard the ham bone. Untie the sachet, discard the bay leaf, and reserve the garlic and onion.
• Place the spinach in a saucepan with only the rinsing water clinging to its leaves and cook over medium heat, stirring and turning constantly with tongs, until wilted, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain well in a sieve, pressing with the back of a spoon. If the leaves seem stringy or too big, you can chop them a bit more. Set aside.
• Heat the oil in a small sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add the bread and the remaining 3 uncooked garlic cloves and fry, turning as needed, until golden, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender or small processor, add the saffron, and pulse until pulverized. Add the onion and garlic reserved from the chickpeas, the cumin, paprika, and 1 cup of the chickpea cooking liquid and purée until smooth.
• Add the purée and the spinach to the cooked chickpeas along with the salt cod or the ham, whichever you are using. Place the mixture over low heat, stir well, and bring to a simmer. If it seems dry, add a little water as needed so the stew is spoonable. Season to taste with salt and lots of pepper. Taste and balance the seasoning with vinegar.
• Transfer to a serving dish. If serving with the optional eggs, top with the fried eggs and serve hot, or with the hard-boiled eggs and serve warm.