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Chickpea stew

Published: October 8, 2018 at 2:18 PM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 2 hrs

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Try our easy vegan chickpea stew packed with dates, crunchy almonds, cinnamon and turmeric. Slow cooking chickpeas with spices really ramps up the flavour in this frugal dish

Gluten free

Vegan

Vegetarian

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Try this recipe for chickpea stew, then check out our vegan stew, lentil stew and Tuscan bean stew.

Recipe tip: Try to get hold of the extra large, chubby chickpeas in jars for superior texture

Ingredients

Nutrition

• 400g tin plum tomatoes

• 100g pitted dates

  halved

• 2 tbsp olive oil

  plus extra to serve

• 4 cloves garlic

  finely chopped

• finely grated to make 1 tbsp ginger

• a small bunch coriander

  stalks and leaves separated and roughly chopped

• 1 tsp ground cumin

• 1 tsp ground coriander

• 1 tsp ground turmeric

• 1 cinnamon stick

• ½ lemon

  juiced, plus 2 strips of the zest with pith removed

• 660g jar large chickpeas

  rinsed and drained (or use 2 x 400g tins)

• 40g flaked almonds

  toasted

• 1 small orange

  cut into wedges to serve

• to serve couscous

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal370

  low

• fat15.1g

• saturates1.7g

• carbs39.7g

• sugars20.9g

• fibre9.7g

• protein13.9g

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Method

• step 1

  Heat the slow cooker to high or low, depending on desired cooking time.

• step 2

  Put ½ the tomatoes and ½ the dates into a blender. Whizz to a purée, then tip into the slow cooker with the remaining tomatoes.

• step 3

  Add the oil, garlic, ginger, coriander stalks, spices, the lemon zest and 100ml water to the slow cooker. Season and cook for 1-2 hours on high or 4-6 hours on low until the sauce is thick and rich-tasting.

• step 4

  Stir in the chickpeas and the remaining dates, and cook for 30 minutes more to warm through. Add the lemon juice and check the seasoning once again, adding more if necessary. Remove the lemon zest.

• step 5

  Serve the chickpeas with a drizzle more olive oil, the toasted almonds and chopped coriander, with the orange wedges and couscous on the side.

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