Chickpea curry with panic breaded chicken/tofu

​I recently made this awesome chickpea curry, and then I tried to remember what went in it!  I’ve always cooked with my instincts rather than a recipe, it can be an adventure but not great when someone wants the recipe.  This curry was really good so I retraced my steps and made it again, this time I wrote down what I put in it!
 
Recipe
Serves 6 people
Ingredients
Curry

• 1 Tbsp rapeseed/coconut oil
• 2 red onions chopped finely
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 1 chillies chopped finely
• 2 inches ginger chopped finely
• 1 Tbsp garam masala
• 1 tsp coriander – ground
• 1 tsp cumin – ground
• 1 tsp garlic – dried
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 1 sweet potato chopped into smally blocks
• 2 cups chickpeas
• 2 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp sweet chili sauce
• 1 cp coconut yoghurt

 
Panko breaded chicken/tofu

• 4 breasts chicken halved/ 1 block of hard tofu sliced
• ½ cup coconut flour
• 4 eggs whisked
• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs

 
To serve

• 1 cup basmati rice – cooked in 2 cups water
• Fresh coriander

Method

1. Turn the oven to 200C
2. Prepare the chicken/tofu – each chicken/tofu piece in the flour, then the egg wash, then the panko breadcrumbs.  Place the 8 pieces on a baking tray and place in the oven for 25-30 mins
3. Add the oil to a heavy bottomed pan.  
4. Add the onion and cook on a medium heat till translucent (aprox 3 mins)
5. Add the garlic, chillies and ginger and cook for a further 2 mins or till you can smell the fragrancy
6. Add the spices and herbs and mix, cook for 2 more mins
7. Add the tomato paste and mix.  Cook for another 5 mins
8. Add the sweet potato and stir in for 3 minutes
9. Add the chickpeas, tomatoes, sweet chilli sauce and coconut cream.  Cover with a lid and leave simmer for 30-40 minutes, until the sweet  potato has softened
10. Put your rice on 20 minutes later.
11. Plate up by placing the rice in a bowl, then add the curry to one side of the dish, then slice the chicken pieces and add to the other side of the dish, top with some fresh coriander.

 
I hope you enjoy this warming simple curry, a lot of love went into it’s making.
 
 
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