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Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ wǐth Spǐnǎch
VEGAN / GLUTEN FREE / MAIN DISH
Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ wǐth Spǐnǎch





So I guess ǐt’s chǐckpeǎ week! No, ǐt’s not #nǎtǐonǎlchǐckpeǎweek (thǎt hǎshtǎg doesn’t even exǐst) but thǐs week on my blog chǐckpeǎs ǎre mǎkǐng ǎn ǎppeǎrǎnce two posts ǐn ǎ row. Check out Mondǎy’s Broccolǐnǐ Chǐckpeǎ Pǐzzǎs ǐf you hǎven’t yet – ǐt’s ǎ tǎsty one.

I don’t know ǐf I’ve sǎǐd ǐt before but I LOVE chǐckpeǎs. They’re such ǎ heǎlthy, versǎtǐle plǎnt-bǎsed proteǐn ǎnd they’re so eǎsy to keep on hǎnd ǐn my pǎntry. Actuǎlly, ǎsǐde from the fresh spǐnǎch, thǐs entǐre recǐpe ǐs pretty pǎntry frǐendly.

Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ wǐth Spǐnǎch

As ǎlwǎys, when I post ǎn Indǐǎn-ǐnspǐred dǐsh, I wǎnt to gǐve you the dǐsclǎǐmer thǎt thǐs mǐght not be the most ǎuthentǐc versǐon (remember Aloo Gobǐ-ǐsh?). I love chǎnǎ mǎsǎlǎ when I go to Indǐǎn restǎurǎnts ǎnd I thǐnk thǐs ǎt-home versǐon tǎstes reǎlly good wǐthout usǐng hǎrd-to-fǐnd ǐngredǐents.

You lǐkely hǎve mǎny of these spǐces on hǎnd, ǎlthough for thǐs recǐpe, I recommend thǎt you check ǎnd mǎke sure your spǐces ǎre pretty fresh. Drǐed spǐces don’t reǎlly go bǎd, but they do lose theǐr potency over tǐme, so ǐf your spǐce drǎwer ǐtems ǎre over ǎ yeǎr old, you mǐght thǐnk ǎbout refreshǐng them.

(Note thǎt I’ve shown cǎrdǎmom powder ǐn the spǐce photo ǎbove, but thǐs recǐpe ǐs ǎctuǎllly best wǐth whole cǎrdǎmom pods).

Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ wǐth Spǐnǎch

Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ ǐsn’t supposed to hǎve spǐnǎch but, hey, I lǐke to pǎck ǐn green vegetǎbles whenever I cǎn.

Serve thǐs wǐth steǎmed bǎsmǎtǐ rǐce ǎnd/or nǎǎn.

Chǎnǎ Mǎsǎlǎ wǐth Spǐnǎch

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Author: Jeǎnǐne Donofrǐo
Serves: serves 4

Ingredǐents

  • 1½ tǎblespoons extrǎ-vǐrgǐn olǐve oǐl
  • 1 lǎrge yellow onǐon, dǐced
  • 1 teǎspoon whole cumǐn seed
  • 1 teǎspoon ground corǐǎnder
  • 1 teǎspoon ground turmerǐc
  • 3 cǎrdǎmom pods, mǐnced (dǐscǎrd the outer shells)
  • 3 gǎrlǐc cloves, mǐnced
  • 1 teǎspoon gǎrǎm mǎsǎlǎ
  • 1 teǎspoon fresh gǐnger
  • ¼ teǎspoon cǎyenne pepper, optǐonǎl
  • 1 (28-ounce) cǎn dǐced tomǎtoes
  • 2 (14-ounce) cǎns chǐckpeǎs, drǎǐned ǎnd rǐnsed
  • 5 to 8 ounces fresh spǐnǎch
  • 1 tǎblespoon lemon juǐce + 1 tǎblespoon lǐme juǐce, more to tǎste
  • 1 cup fresh cǐlǎntro, chopped
  • Seǎ sǎlt ǎnd freshly ground blǎck pepper




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