Spinach, tomato + chickpea curry (Chana saag) from Fresh India: 130 Quick, Easy and Delicious Vegetarian Recipes for Every Day (page 105) by Meera Sodha

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  • MariaSwe on July 12, 2023

    Easy and simple recipe that yields a nice meal. I served it with rice and another curry dish. Made a half recipe and that was more than enough for 4 people. Meeras servings are too big for my family, so I regularly make a half recipe. I used half the amount of chilli powder as it is quite hot but could probably have used more in this dish.

  • Astrid5555 on February 01, 2022

    I added some paneer I had lingering in the fridge and we actually liked it a lot. Also because it comes together quite quickly and is a perfect weeknight dinner dish. Tasty and not too spicy.

  • clkandel on January 17, 2021

    This dish comes together quickly and is very tasty. Flavorful, but not spicy. We served it with the Lime-Pickled Onions from the Made In India cookbook.

  • FJT on May 28, 2019

    This was a fine weekday supper but nothing exciting. I did my usual and, whilst I reduced the chickpeas, tomatoes and spinach by half, I left the volume of spices alone. Frankly it was a bit bland.

  • Lepa on November 22, 2017

    This was decent, and kids liked it because it wasn't particularly spicy, but like the other poster I was ultimately let down. I also found that the tomatoes needed longer to reduce. I put the lid on so they cooked down and then took it off for the last few minutes so they thickened but they never developed the rich, dark red in the picture. I reduced the chili by half, as I usually do, because I am feeding children. I served this with tomato achar made by Brooklyn Delhi (!!) and yogurt and that complimented the food very well.

  • Hannaha100 on June 17, 2017

    I was so excited by this but ultimately a bit let down. Full disclosure: I didn't have black mustard seeds so used yellow and skipped the garlic, otherwise followed it fairly faithfully. Was a bit bemused by the instruction to use a lidded pan because there weren't any additional instructions to cover at any point. Cooked the tomatoes for a lot longer than instructed and they never reduced to a dry paste, although they did thicken up. Ran out of time/patience in the end. Final result was nice but not wow, although husband seemed keener than I was. Spices maybe a bit mild for my taste. On the plus side, a pretty healthy meal. More likely to try an alternative recipe in the future though.

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