After - Happy Valentine`s Day treat - Vegan Curry à la Ella Woodward

Valentine's Day is over guys, no more chocolate and candies for the next year..haha..I know how you feel, cause that is how I feel. I literally felt an overload when I walked into the store on Valentine's Day. Candies and chocolate in all varieties and shapes and colors and flavours....you see the list could go on and on.... 

After eating so many (unhealthy treats..you know I had to cause back in Europa we don`t have such a big variety;) ) I seriously felt sick:-(:-(

I felt that I needed something comforting, warm ( cause it was still pretty cold in Denver). 

So I came up with a little twist on a Recife from of one of my favourite chefs and bloggers, Ella Woodward from the blog deliciouslyella.com , and recreated her "Chickpea, Quinoa and Turmeric Curry" that is absolutely delicious and one of the best currys I have ever had!

Some fun facts about curry are: 

1. Around 60 different ingredients make up the spice that we call "curry". 
2.  Responsible for the beautiful yellow color in the curry, that is a traditional Indian dish, is turmeric  ( also known as curcuma) which is anti-inflammatory and an antioxidant, keeping your cells and you young, fresh and healthy!! 
3. Curry has royal fans: Queen Elizabeth II loved it! "Coronation Chicken" was invented just for the Coronation... it is still is popular in Great Britain! PS: London contains more Indian restaurants than Bombay and Delhi combined!
4. The earliest known curry was eaten around 1700BC! Where? In Mesopotamia!
5. Curry can come in different varieties: It can be green, white, brown, orange, yellow and even pink- depending on the country and the region!

So now that you are a Curry Pro it`s time to get the Curry-Party started!!

I know you will love it. It`s so simple, so nourishing and really affordable!

Chickpea, Quinoa and Turmeric Curry
 (Adapted from Deliciouslyella.com)

Ingredients for approx. 6 people : 

• * 500 g potatoes
• * 3 garlic cloves crushed
• * 3 tsp. ground turmeric
• * 1 tsp. chili flakes
• * 1 tsp. ground ginger
• * 1 can of coconut milk ( 400g )
• * 1 tbsp. tomato paste
• * 200 g couscous
• * 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• * 400 g can of chopped tomatoes
• * 400 g of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• * 200 g spinach

This is how you do it: 

Peel and boil the potatoes for about 25 minutes or until they are soft. Drain them. 

Put the potatoes, which you should have slice by now, in a large plan and add garlic, turmeric, chili, ginger, coconut milk , tomato paste and last but not least the crushed tomatoes to your pan. 

Bring this whole mix to a boil. Let it simmer for around 30 minutes, so all the different flavors can perfectly come together and create that beautiful smell in your kitchen. 

After 15 minutes throw in the chickpeas. 

Right before you are about to turn everything the stove off, throw in two hands full of baby spinach!

Serve it with your cooked couscous and enjoyyy! :-)

You can also serve it with Naan or over a bowl of some Basmati Rice to make it really traditional and legit.

Of course you can substitute the Basmati rice, which is white rice, with some more nutritious and filling brown rice! So many good choices... 

Bon Appe´tit :-)