Curried Chickpea Soup

Name: Curried Chickpea Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6-7
Ingredients: 2 cups of dry chickpea; 1 onion chopped; 1 large thumb of ginger grated; 1 tbsp garam masala; 1 tbsp curry powder; 1/3 cup tomato paste; 398 ml Tomato purée (Kirkland brand from costco); 1 veggie bouillon cube; 2 bay leaves; 3 1/3 cups of water; 1 big handful of fresh parsley chopped; 1/3 cup raisins; 2 cups chopped greens (preferably black kale or swiss chard)

As a recipe developer, a lot of recipes I create, especially the first or second times I make them, always turn out bad. They need a lot of tweaking or are missing certain flavour profiles that I have a hard time fully compiling. Pretty often I set out to make one thing and it turns out to be completely different.

In the case of this soup, I was hoping to make a simple tomato stew but then I came up with this incredibly tasty curried chickpea soup. I made this in my instant pot, and it required minimal prepping and dishes. This soup is perfect for the winter weather and great for meal prepping.

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Curried Chickpea Soup

By Afia – Serves: 6-7

Prep Time: 10 minutes – Cooking Time: 30 minutes – Total Time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups of dry chickpea

1 onion chopped

1 large thumb of ginger grated

1 tbsp garam masala

1 tbsp curry powder

1/3 cup tomato paste

398 ml Tomato purée (Kirkland brand from costco)

1 veggie bouillon cube

2 bay leaves

3 1/3 cups of water

1 big handful of fresh parsley chopped

1/3 cup raisins

2 cups chopped greens (preferably black kale or swiss chard)

Instructions

1

Soak the chickpeas overnight in water and wash very well

2

In an instant pot, add all your ingredients, except the greens, and cook in the instant pot on manual for 30 min

3

When the the soup is done cooking you can release the pressure or let it naturally release--natural release takes 10 minutes)

4

Add the chopped greens in the hot soup so it can wilt

5

Serve with some rice, quinoa (my personal favourites) flatbread and/or veggies

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1 Comment

Nicole

September 4, 2020 at 6:19 am

I really love this soup! I don’t have an instant pot but really wanted to make it so I followed methods from your other soup or stew recipes and let it simmer a while . I love the flavour of the spices and how it’s balanced with the sweetness of the raisins. 😊

Curried Chickpea Soup