Easy Masala Chickpea Bowl with Green beans, brown rice & Chana masala spice cream sauce. How to make Chickpeas spiced w/ Indian spices. Free of dairy, egg, corn, soy, gluten, nut, yeast,
Summer has brought out the bowl person in me, In general I prefer a bowl of steaming spicy chana masala with rice or flatbread most days. But all the heat and spice when the temps are in the 90s means another hour to cool down after the meal. So a cooler chana masala bowl today.
Spice the chickpeas with chana masala spice blend, use some of the chickpeas to make a creamy chickpea dressing like a hummus dressing but with Indian spices! Add roasted veggies, spiced beans or other veggies like broccoli or cauliflower, crunchy greens, avocado, salt and pepper and done. Make it spicy to preference and serve warm or cold. The dressing is oil-free. Rest of the bowl ingredients can also be made oil-free. Get some chana masala spice blend from the Indian store or online
, or make the spice blend from scratch. Chana masala spice blend a bit different from garam masala. It is sour and earthy.
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Masala Chickpea Bowl with Chana masala Spice Chickpea Dressing.
Ingredients
For the spiced chickpeas:
- 30 oz (850.49 g) canned chickpeas or 3 cups cooked divided
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) oil optional
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) salt less if the chickpeas were salted
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) or less cayenne
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) garlic
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) Chana Masala spice blend or use garam masala + 1/8 tsp kala namak (Indian black salt)
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp lemon juice
For the green beans:
- 1.5 cups (165 g) of chopped green beans
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) garam masala or other spice blend
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 2 Tbsp water
For the chana masala spice chickpea cream sauce:
- 1/2 cup (82 g) chickpeas from above
- 1/2 cup (122 ml) non dairy milk
- 1/3 tsp (0.33 tsp) salt
- 3/4 to 1 tsp chana masala spice blend
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) cayenne
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) garlic
- 1/8 to 1/4 tsp kala namak or use lemon juice to taste
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) or more sugar or use maple syrup to taste
Other bowl additions:
- Sliced grilled zucchini
- Chopped juicy tomatoes or cherry tomatoes
- crisp greens or lettuce
- brown rice or other cooked grains
- Avocado optional
Instructions
- Drain and wash the chickpeas. Remove 1/2 cup chickpeas and keep aside.
- Combine the remaining chickpeas, oil and spices and water in a skillet over medium heat. Cover and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Add a dash of lemon juice. If you have amchoor (dry mango powder) add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp amchoor. Cover and let sit for a few minutes before transferring to serving bowl..
- In the same or different skillet, combine the green beans, salt, garlic, garam masala, ketchup and water. Mix. Cover and cook over medium heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until tender to preference.
- Blend the 1/2 cup of chickpeas with the rest of the ingredients under chickpea cream sauce until well blended. Taste and adjust salt, spice, sweet. Add more salt or spice blend if needed and adjust the non dairy milk to get preferred dressing consistency. The sauce should be slightly sweet, slightly sour, with an undertone of chana masala spice blend.
- Layer the bowl with the spicy chickpeas, green beans, greens of choice, roasted or raw veggies of choice, brown rice and a generous drizzle of the chickpea cream sauce. serve warm or cold. Sprinkle salt, pepper and lemon juice if needed.
Notes
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Cassie Tran says
August 30, 2015 at 8:10 pmYUM! I love the chickpea dressing!
Richa says
August 30, 2015 at 11:30 pmme too!
Keos in Wonderland says
August 31, 2015 at 3:13 amWow, that looks delicious! I haven’t caught up with the bowl-trend yet, but I must admit that I haven’t got a clue as to why. This looks like a great and tasty dish, so I really should try this!
Samantha @ The Planted Vegan says
August 31, 2015 at 7:47 amLove this addition of the green beans! Yum!
Shelley says
August 31, 2015 at 12:13 pmThis recipe sounds so delicious that I made up the chickpea cream in advance of tomorrow night’s dinner! I made the chana masala from scratch and mmmm, my kitchen is so aromatic with the toasted spices. Can’t wait until that dinner!
Richa says
August 31, 2015 at 12:14 pmyay!!
arthur in the Garden! says
August 31, 2015 at 11:23 pmYummy!
Shelley says
September 1, 2015 at 4:14 pmAnother delicious dinner! I substituted garam masala sautéed Japanese eggplant instead of zucchini and toss in a handful of baby spinach. Yum!!!
Liz says
September 14, 2015 at 2:51 pmThis surprised me because the ingredients are so simple… the taste is rich and sooo satisfying! I made cauliflower rice instead of putting it on regular rice, roasted some zuchinni, and added avocado– wow! This is going on my favorites list in my kitchen! Thanks!
Emily says
July 12, 2016 at 11:12 pmOh my gosh. this was such an awesome and filling dinner.
Jenny says
March 16, 2018 at 5:38 pmThis is my first Vegan Richa recipe to try, and I love it! The chickpea cream is amazing! I never get to eat Indian food out because I’m allergic to fenugreek (it’s in the peanut family), but now I can make my own thanks to Vegan Richa!
Richa says
March 16, 2018 at 6:28 pmyay! you can use some ground mustard instead for the fenugreek flavor profile. so glad it turned out well!
Carla Pryde says
May 26, 2019 at 7:02 amLove your recipes!!