Slow cooker meatball and chickpea curry

19 INGREDIENTS • 5 STEPS • 2HR

Slow cooker meatball and chickpea curry

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Combine meatballs and chickpeas in this deliciously fragrant slow-cooker curry recipe designed for batch cooking. Make one batch of the meatballs to enjoy twice throughout the week – save the meatballs in the fridge, ready to toss through pasta or squash into a sandwich in the following days.
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Combine meatballs and chickpeas in this deliciously fragrant slow-cooker curry recipe designed for batch cooking. Make one batch of the meatballs to enjoy twice throughout the week – save the meatballs in the fridge, ready to toss through pasta or squash into a sandwich in the following days.
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2HR

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
2
For the slow cooker meatballs
1 tin
(400 g)
peeled plum tomatoes
1 jar
(690 g)
M&S Italian passata with soffritto
1
M&S Remarksable Value brown onion, peeled, halved
2 cloves
M&S Remarksable Value garlic, peeled
25 g
M&S Collection farmhouse British butter
2 tsp
red wine vinegar
1 tsp
caster sugar
2 tbsp
M&S everything tomato, garlic and herb paste
1 handful
basil
1 pack
(240 g)
M&S Select Farms British beef mini meatball
To finish the curry
3 tbsp
tikka paste
1
M&S Remarksable Value red pepper, thinly sliced
1 jar
(430 g)
M&S Collection giant chickpeas
1 tin
(160 ml)
coconut cream
1 pack
(250 g)
microwave pilau rice
1 handful
spinach
to taste
M&S Remarksable Value natural yogurt
to taste
mango chutney
as needed
coriander, roughly chopped

Nutrition per serving

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Calories
1314kcal
Fat
57.6 g
Saturates
22.2 g
Sugars
67.7 g
Salt
2509.4 mg
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step 1
Add the tomatoes (1 tin), passata (1 jar), onion (1), garlic (2 cloves), butter (25 g), red wine vinegar (2 tsp), caster sugar (1 tsp), tomato paste (2 tbsp) and basil (1 handful) to a large slow cooker. Cook on high for 1 hour, then add the meatballs (1 pack). Cook for a further hour, until thickened and reduced. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
step 2
When you’re ready to make the curry, heat a large frying pan on a medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil. Add the tikka paste (3 tbsp) and red pepper (1), and cook for 5 minutes, until softened.
step 3
Add half the meatballs in tomato sauce (save the rest for another recipe) in tomato sauce. Stir in the chickpeas (1 jar) and coconut cream (1 tin), then cook for 10 minutes, until simmered and reduced.
step 4
When ready to serve, heat the pilau rice (1 pack) (if using) and stir the spinach (1 handful) into the curry.
step 5
Serve with mango chutney (to taste), a dollop of yogurt (to taste) and a scattering of coriander (as needed), if you like.
step 5 Serve with mango chutney (to taste), a dollop of yogurt (to taste) and a scattering of coriander (as needed), if you like.

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