Chickpea and mushroom Massaman curry

"Mum how do you make something like this out of a tin of chickpeas and some mushrooms??"

Well I found a few other bits and bobs in my kitchen to make it special!

The key is in the beautiful spicy, creamy sauce with the addition of ground almonds. I used Massaman curry paste as well as Red Thai because it gives a slightly brighter flavour.

It really is beautiful.

• olive oil
• one large onion thinly sliced
• 1 small red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
• 150g of tomato purée
• 400ml tin of full fat coconut milk
• 3 dessert spoons of full fat creme fraiche
• 400ml tin of chickpeas
• teacup of frozen peas
• 300g of white closed cup mushrooms, sliced
• 50g red Thai curry paste
• 75g Massaman curry paste
• 100g ground almonds
• sea salt

Fry the onion and chilli in olive oil until the onion is translucent then add the mushrooms and cook for 2-3 mins til softened. Add the chickpeas (drain, don't rinse) and the curry paste and a good huge pinch of sea salt (level teaspoon ish)

Now add the coconut milk, creme fraiche and ground almonds then stir in the tomato purée. Taste for seasoning and add more salt if needed because the chickpeas will negate salt like mad!

Simmer for 10-15 minutes. A couple of mins before the end add the peas so they just cook through but keep their colour.

Serve with rice and a sprinkle of fresh green herbs if you have any, Thai basil works well.