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Sweet potato toasts with curried chickpeas
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 3 large sweet potatoes (about 350g)trimmed and thinly sliced lengthways into 12
- rapeseed oilfor brushing (about 1 tsp)
For the chickpeas
- 2 tbsp rapeseed oil
- 150g celery, finely chopped
- 3 garlic clovesfinely grated
- 2 tbsp mild curry powder
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 1½ tsp vegetable bouillon powder
- 2 x 400g cans chickpeasdrained
- 365g frozen spinach
- ⅓ x 30g pack of corianderchopped
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal370low
- fat12g
- saturates1g
- carbs44g
- sugars15glow
- fibre15ghigh
- protein15g
- salt0.82g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush the sweet potato slices with a little oil, arrange in a single layer on a baking tray, then bake for 20-25 mins. Check towards the end to make sure they are not catching – move around if the slices near the edges of the tray are browning faster than the ones in the middle.
step 2
For the chickpeas, heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat and fry the celery for 5 mins, stirring frequently. Add the garlic, curry powder and cumin seeds, stir briefly, then tip in the tomatoes, tomato purée and bouillon. Stir in the chickpeas and frozen spinach, then cover and simmer for 15 mins. Stir in the coriander.
step 3
Divide half the chickpeas between six pieces of the sweet potato toast, and serve three toasts per person. Cool and chill the rest to eat another day. To serve, reheat the chickpeas in a pan over a low heat with a splash of water until piping hot. Briefly heat the sweet potato slices in a dry frying pan over a low heat, watching carefully so they don't burn. Will keep chilled for three days.
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