# Coconut Curry Chickpeas

This is the highest rated healthy recipe from the New York Times, featuring coconut curry chickpeas with pureed pumpkin as a secret ingredient.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 jalapeños
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 inch ginger, grated
- 4 garlic
- 1.5 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 0.5 tsp ground turmeric
- 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, rinsed
- 1 13.5-ounce can coconut milk
- 1 13.5-ounce can pumpkin purée
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.75 cup chopped cilantro
- lime juice
- water

## Instructions

1. Add in diced onion, jalapeno, and bay leaf.
2. Let them cook until golden on the edges.
3. Grate in some ginger, along with some garlic, and let it cook until fragrant, about a minute.
4. Then add in turmeric, cumin, and garam masala.
5. Let them bloom and then add in the chickpeas, coconut milk, and the secret ingredient, pureed pumpkin.
6. Then add in with some water and mix until homogeneous.
7. Cover and let simmer for 10 minutes.
8. Finish with some salt, squeeze a lime, and cilantro.

## Equipment

- large skillet

## Tips

- Serve warm over a bed of rice or couscous with extra lime wedges on the side.
- If people don’t want to do the pumpkin you can sub a mashed or diced fine baked sweet potato, it’s equally delicious.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYcasDVOsli/?igsh=MXdxZDZ0aTNxcG13eA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/75aa2b96-fdd2-4526-ac3f-e99623158bf3
- Extracted: 2026-05-17

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