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Pregnancy Recipe

Evening meal

Sweet potato and kabuli chana curry with roti

Sweet potato and chickpeas simmered in a lightly spiced tomato gravy, eaten with roti — a filling, affordable pan-Indian curry.

Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Total
40 min
Portions
4
  • Easy
  • Pregnancy
  • Vegetarian
  • Iron-containing
  • Fibre-rich
  • Budget-friendly
Sweet potato and chickpea curry in a steel katori with roti alongside

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Ingredients

For 4 portions. Tick items as you go — nothing is changed for anyone else.

This recipe contains foods that can contribute to a varied and balanced diet during pregnancy.

Method

  1. Step 1. Heat the oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, then the onion, and fry until golden.
  2. Step 2. Add the ginger-garlic paste and cook briefly, then stir in the tomato puree, turmeric and coriander powder, and cook until the oil separates.
  3. Step 3. Add the sweet potato, chickpeas, salt and about 200 ml water, cover and simmer for 15–18 minutes until the sweet potato is tender.
  4. Step 4. Sprinkle over the garam masala and simmer for 2 more minutes.
  5. Step 5. Knead the atta into a soft dough, roll into rotis and cook on a hot tawa until lightly browned on both sides.
  6. Step 6. Serve the curry hot with 2 rotis per portion.

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  • Contains: Cereals containing gluten

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