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Chickpea Curry with Rice

Chickpeas simmered in a spiced onion-tomato sauce, served over basmati.

Chickpea Curry with Rice, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
42 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$10.14

Ingredients

  • 30 oz canned chickpeas
  • 15 oz canned crushed tomatoes
  • 1 1/2 cup basmati rice
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 1 oz fresh ginger root
  • 1 tbsp curry powder
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Start the basmati rice.

  2. Cook the diced onion in the oil over medium-high for 8 minutes, until deeply golden at the edges.

  3. Add the minced garlic and grated ginger for 1 minute, then the curry powder, cumin, and turmeric for another minute.

  4. Pour in the crushed tomatoes and the salt and cook 8 minutes until the sauce darkens and thickens.

  5. Add the drained chickpeas and half a cup of water. Simmer 10 minutes, mashing some of the chickpeas to thicken the sauce.

  6. Serve over the rice with cilantro on top.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£18.92£4.7311 of 11 ingredients
Australia$55.46$13.8711 of 11 ingredients
Canada$111.99$28.0011 of 11 ingredients
United States$40.57$10.1410 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$51.75$12.9410 of 11 ingredients
Spain19,21 €4,80 €10 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏٥٠٢٫٥٣ ج.م.‏‏١٢٥٫٦٣ ج.م.‏9 of 11 ingredients
Germany23,60 €5,90 €9 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 18,86€ 4,729 of 11 ingredients
Greece22,54 €5,64 €8 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$636.64$159.168 of 11 ingredients

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