Lemon Rice and Eggplant-Chick Pea Curry

Recipe courtes Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Get Curry'd Away

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (25)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(25)

Cook Time:
18 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 18 min
Total:: 28 min

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Ingredients

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 1/2 cups basmati rice
4 cups chicken stock, divided
1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
1 lemon, zested
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoons ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom, optional
1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 medium eggplant, peeled and chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 (14-ounce) can fire roasted diced tomatoes, drained
1 (15-ounce) can chick peas, drained
Salt and pepper
2 rounded tablespoons mild or hot curry paste
2 scallions, chopped
1/4 cup chopped roasted cashews

Directions

Heat a medium pot over medium heat with extra-virgin olive oil. Add rice and toast for 1 to 2 minutes. Add 3 cups chicken stock and the bay, lemon zest, turmeric, coriander, cumin and cardamom. Cover pot and bring rice to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer rice 18 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork, remove bay leaf and add butter. Toss to coat the rice evenly.

While rice cooks, make the vegetables. Heat a deep nonstick skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. Add onion, garlic, eggplant and bell pepper. Cover and cook stirring occasionally 7 to 8 minutes until tender. Uncover and add the tomatoes, chick peas, salt, pepper, curry paste and remaining 1 cup chicken stock. Simmer 6 to 7 minutes longer. Mix scallions into rice and top with vegetables. Garnish with cashews.

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recipe Lemon Rice and Eggplant-Chick Pea Curry
M Manchester, NH 05-30-2009
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excellent!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Bought a mild curry paste so the second time around we added cayenne powder to both the veggies and rice to spice this up a... bit more. Also added 1t of garam masala to the rice to round off the curry flavor. YUMM-O!Read more
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jesse Brooklyn, NY 01-20-2009
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healthy and delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I didn't make the rice, and I added extra veggies (2 carrots and some chopped spinach) and extra vegetable broth and made it... more of a soup. I also added about a tablespoon of soy sauce and a tablespoon of fish sauce. It's delicious and pretty healthy. Read more
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Heidi Green Bay, WI 10-21-2008
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Had the leftovers for breakfast!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I only made the rice part of this recipe because I needed something to go with seasme ginger flank steak. It went well with... the steak and would be perfect with just about anything. The only thing I would do differently next time is taste the rice and see if it needed a lilttle more lemon at the end. Maybe my lemons weren't very fresh, a little lemon juice would have made the dish brighter. Did rachael squeeze lemon juice in the rice on her show? The recipe only says to use the zest. Super yummy!Read more
recipe Lemon Rice and Eggplant-Chick Pea Curry
Stacey Fort Madison, IA 05-01-2008
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Great side dish
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I omitted the lemon rice part since I had already made coconut rice. It was very good although I will increase the spicy... factor next time. I suggest leaving the eggplant in rounds since I couldn't even really taste it when it was cut up in little chunks.Read more
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Sara Forest Hills, NY 04-08-2008
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YUM
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was great. I used brown basmati rice which took longer to cook but was delicious. I also used twice the amount of... fire-roasted tomatoes and half the amount of curry paste. MMMMM.Read more
recipe Lemon Rice and Eggplant-Chick Pea Curry
Alina Greenlawn, NY 03-26-2008
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Very good recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have friends who are vegetarian and we had an "Indian theme" dinner. I made this dish (without the chicken stock, of... course) and everybody loved it.Read more