Why it works for iron
Chickpeas and spinach carry the iron, sweet potato and tomato bring the keys, and coconut cream gives the richness dairy cream would, without its calcium. A pot keeps for days.
- Iron from
- Chickpeas, spinach
- Let in by
- Sweet potato, spinach, tomato paste
- In the way
- Nothing: no dairy, tea or coffee
Plant iron needs a key to get in. On this plate it has one.
Ingredients
- 150 g cooked chickpeas
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 100 g spinach
- 4 tbsp thick coconut cream
- 1 tbsp cashews, ground
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Onion, garlic, ginger, curry powder, lemon
Method
- 1
Soften the onion, garlic and ginger in a little oil. Stir in the curry powder and tomato paste for a minute.
- 2
Add the diced sweet potato and 150 mL water. Cover and simmer 12 minutes.
- 3
Add the chickpeas, coconut cream and spinach for 3 minutes. Stir in the cashews to thicken and squeeze over lemon.
Drink water with it. Have coffee or tea 1 hour before or 2 hours after, as they hold plant iron back.
