October 3, 2013

Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew From All You Magazine

Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew
Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew



My husband and I rarely agree on what to watch. We haven't been to a movie in the theater for 8 years. Partly because we are both too cheap and mostly due to the fact that we hate most movies and can't agree on the few that either of us would see. Last month my husband set up separate Netflix user accounts so that what I watch wasn't in his recently viewed section. I was fine with that since he watches nothing but horrible television shows and movies by people that I never thought where funny when they were on Saturday Night Live. He also watches non-funny 80's and 90's comedies that I avoided like the plague when they were originally in theaters. My husband complains that I watch nothing except Sci-Fi and 80's/90's cult classics. He would be mostly right, I to this day claim "Heathers" as my all time favorite movie. So for the most part we watch separate movies and television. However, every year we pick a few new shows that both of us can agree upon. Normally they aren't something that we love, but that we agree we love each other enough to sit through. This normally lasts for a season or two before both of us give up on the show and we have to move on to another show that we both deem semi-adequate. Regardless of our faults we seem made for each other since we continue to try to find common movie/TV ground. It's the constant commitment to finding common ground that reminds me that our marriage is important to both of us. In 10 years we have only found a few shows/movies that we both love, but we have enjoyed the journey of trying to find something together. Tonight's dinner recipe is another example of compromise. My husband loves the Indian restaurant in our city, I pretty much hate it. To compromise I make a lot of Indian dishes at home. Some recipes I pick are traditional (to appease my husband and I) and some are more Americanized (for my kids). Tonight I tried a new recipe for Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew from the September issue of All You magazine.
Image of Harris Riverfront Park Huntington, WV
Harris Riverfront Park Huntington, WV

This recipe has 17 ingredients. It takes an hour and ten minutes of total time, 45 minutes of which is active and makes 6 servings. I made a  few changes to the original recipe. My family loves the taste of ginger so I used 2 tablespoons of minced ginger instead of 1. I was out of turmeric so I left it out and added a small amount of crushed red pepper for flavor. I found that the dish needed a lot more salt than stated in the original recipe, I ended up adding an additional 1 1/2 teaspoons. Finally, I added a cup of coconut milk. I found that it helped with the flavor and made for a more 'stew' like consistency.
Image of Downtown Huntington, WV from Harris Riverfront Park
Downtown Huntington, WV from Harris Riverfront Park

My two boys were in love with this recipe. The spices were mild enough to be kid friendly while having enough flavor for adults. This is definitely a more 'Americanized' Indian recipe, which is nice for kids or adults that aren't fans of the strong flavors many traditional Indian dishes can have. If you want to increase the heat you can always add 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of crushed red pepper. This will add a little bit of heat without overpowering the flavors of the dish.

For the recipe go to Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew.

Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew


Recipe Type: Main
Summary:
A kid friendly recipe for Indian Chickpea and Vegetable Stew from the September issue of All You magazine. Only $1.63 per serving.
Preparation Time: 0h, 25m
Cooking Time: 0h, 45m
Total Time: 1h, 10m
Yield: Serves 6

10 comments:

  1. This sounds delicious! My husband loves Indian food and I'm always looking for good vegetarian recipes, so this is a keeper. I'm always finding common ground with you; we haven't been to a movie theater in almost 10 years! It was 10 years ago this coming January. For us, it was one of the ways we tightened our belts to make it possible for me to quit working and still save money after we had kids (I got pregnant with our first exactly a year later; we decided to cut our expenses before I was even pregnant, to be conservative and have more time to save). I don't even miss it! We don't have cable TV but we do have Netflix and that's plenty (plus our antenna to get a few TV channels, the only one of which we even watch is PBS!)...frugal and loving it. :)

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    1. We are so similar! We gave up cable before we had kids. Instead we have Netflix and Hulu Plus which I pay for with blogging money. I just couldn't see paying a hundred dollars for cable a month with only one income. We watch a ton of pbs too :) Since we have an apple tv box we can watch pbs on it so we don't have to watch live tv, which is really nice. So much cheaper than having cable and more convenient!

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  2. My husband and I agree on some tv shows and completely disagree on others. I'm much more picky than he is, so he usually just checks with me before he watches something to see if I want to watch it or not.

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    1. My husband and I are both picky. And very opinionated, which is part of our problem :) I need to have my husband agree with me more!

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  3. 17 ingredients! The stew looks ever so flavoursome and delicious.

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    1. It sounds like a lot, but a great deal of them are spices and easy to chop veggies :) It goes together very quickly!

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  4. Looks delish. Wanna try this. I love chickpea. :)

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    1. I'm a big fan of chickpeas too. They are great in so many recipes!

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  5. I love indian dishes. I'm just in love with curries. This sounds like one I'll be more than willing to try. I'm happy that you listed that it might need a bit more salt as well. As for TV/movies. Hubby and I can never agree on what to watch either. He's just like your hubby and find most of the people funny while I don't. I'm old school as well and like the older movies which he doesn't. Once in a while we do find shows that we watch together as well such as "The Walking Dead" but besides one or two we tend to agree to disagree. :)

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    1. I love curries too :) This one definitely needs more salt if you use low sodium broth like the recipe states. If you use regular broth it might now need additional broth. My husband and I both watch The Walking Dead too, it's one of the few shows we can both agree on.

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