A Chickpea and Almond Butter Curry Recipe

Does this sound familiar?

You find a recipe you think sounds good but includes ingredients that just don’t work for you for one reason or another. This happens to me all the time as I avoid animal products and a few other things too.

Adapting a recipe to meet your needs is not difficult.

Here’s how quick and easy it is.

My latest find is a recipe which was originally for chicken and peanut butter curry. This definitely didn’t work for me as I don’t eat chicken or peanut butter! I simply omitted the chicken and peanut butter along with the oil and green beans, (I didn’t have any on hand), replacing them with chick peas, almond butter and cauliflower.

I slightly changed the preparation of the meal too.

My new customized creation is delicious, nutritious, and filling!

Quick and Easy Chick Pea & Almond Butter Curry

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 T curry powder
• 1 15 oz. can no-salt-added diced tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 1/3 cup crunchy almond butter
• 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch chunks
• 1 head cauliflower, chopped
• 2 15 oz. cans chick peas, rinsed and drained
• ¾ tsp. sea salt

Preparation

1. Cook the onion in a large non-stick skillet until lightly browned, approximately 3 minutes.
2. Stir in the garlic and curry powder and cook for 1 minute.
3. Add in tomatoes and water.
4. Cook just below boiling for 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, peel and cut sweet potatoes, and steam until tender.
6. Chop cauliflower, steam for about 5 minutes.
7. After tomatoes are done simmering, add almond butter, stirring in until well combined.
8. Add the chick peas, sweet potatoes and cauliflower to skillet, mixing in well.
9. Sprinkle in up to ¾ tsp. of sea salt.

Eliminating the oil from this recipe is great for reducing fat and calories; however, nut butters are high in fat and calories too, making this dish more than filling.

In fact, eating a little less is probably a good idea.

Take note, any nut butter can be used — and if you (or someone in your family) is allergic to nuts, try sunflower butter! It will work as well as anything else.

Serve with a crisp, green salad and you have a meal for 6.