Spinach and Chickpea Ragout
photo by tigerduck
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 29.58 ml dried coconut
- 14.79 ml almonds, chopped
- 29.58 ml fresh ginger, grated
- 14.79 ml ground coriander
- 9.85-14.78 ml olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 453.59 g spinach, well cleaned, trimmed and finely chopped
- 14.79 ml dried mint
- 0.25 ml paprika
- 411.06 g can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 14.79 ml poppy seed
- 236.59 ml low-fat yogurt or 236.59 ml nonfat yogurt
- 0.25 ml ground pepper
directions
- Wash spinach and chop finely (no thick stems).
- Before you begin cooking, combine the coconut, almonds, corriander and ginger in a mini-chopper or food processor and pulse until you have a coarse to medium fine paste. Reserve.
- In a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, add oil onions and garlic. Cook 2-3 minutes until onions soften taking care not to burn the garlic.
- Add the spinach, paprika, mint and a few teaspoons of water. Cook until the spinach is tender. Stir to mix.
- Add the drained chickpeas and the blend from the chopper. Stir to mix. Cook until everything is hot and the spice blend has begun to release its flavors into the dish. Season with pap.
- Add the yoghurt and poppyseeds and lower to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook an additional 3-5 minutes until the ragout is fully heated, without curdling the yoghurt.
- Serve over rice.
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For some reason I had a feeling I was going to love this dish, but without the yogurt. And I think I was right. So I left it out. And I was, right, I mean. Without the yogurt this was a wonderful vegan dish that I served with some marinated frozen (and defrosted) tofu on the side. I was feeling really healthy until I washed it all down with a Diet Coke ;-)
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This is a lovely combination! I first thought that the recipe should call for more chickpeas, but of course the spinach shrinks while cooking and the spinach-chickpea ratio is just right. I was worried that the yogurt would curdle, but I took the pan from the heat to mix the jogurt in and this way it worked beautifully. I thought I had poppy seeds, but I didn't, so I replaced them with black sesame seeds (see pictures). The black sesame seeds looked nice, however, their taste is not strong enough for this dish. I certainly recommend using the stated poppy seeds. I liked the hint of mint in it, but was disappointed that I couldn't taste the coconut. If I make this again, I will either leave out the coconut and almond altogether, or half the amount of ginger and double the coconut, so that hopefully the coconut will come through as well. Thanks for posting this tasty vegetarian dish!
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Had to try this as I love chickpeas and spinach and I was quite pleased. I processed the first 4 ingredients in a regular blender which seemed to work out just fine. I used a 9 ounce bag of baby spinach, and a low-fat greek yogurt which was what I had on hand (but forgot to add the poppy seeds along with it). I didn't think I would like this without salt so I added quite a bit. It ended up being a bit too salty for me :( but my BF just loved this! If you want to add salt, then I suggest go easy and taste. Thanks very much Toni!
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