Chana masala with rice

A Indian dinner for the galley that copes with rough seas, can be made ahead and frozen, needs no fridge, about 30 min hands-on.

  • Dinner
  • Indian
  • ⏱ 30 min
  • 🌊 Sea tolerance 4/5
  • 🪨 Bare bones
  • vegan
  • vegetarian
  • pescatarian
  • gluten-free
  • kosher
  • halal

Ingredients

For 4 servings (one normal-appetite adult each). Per serving in brackets.

  • Canned chickpeas800 g (200 g)
  • Canned chopped tomatoes480 g (120 g)
  • Onion (brown/yellow)240 g (≈ 2 onions) (60 g (≈ 0.5 onion))
  • Garlic (bulb)20 g (≈ 0.5 bulb) (5 g)
  • Fresh ginger20 g (5 g)
  • Garam masala12 g (3 g)
  • Ground cumin4 g (1 g)
  • Sunflower / vegetable oil40 g (10 g)
  • White rice (long grain)300 g (75 g)

Method

  1. Fry onion until golden; add garlic, ginger and spices for 1 minute.
  2. Add tomatoes and chickpeas; simmer 15 minutes, mashing a few.
  3. Serve with rice.

In the galley

  • Copes with a seaway — 4/5 for sea tolerance.
  • Stow the main ingredients in dry stores — nothing here needs a fridge.
  • Make ahead: cook in port and freeze in portions.
  • No listed allergens in our data — still check the labels of what you buy.

Per serving

🌾 Fibre-rich

kcal
705
protein
22 g
fat
17 g
carbs
120 g
sugar
14 g
fibre
18 g

From USDA FoodData Central, raw weights — a planning guide, not a label; a few values use a close stand-in.

Nutrition per serving: USDA FoodData Central — SR Legacy (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service), weighted by each ingredient's grams — a planning guide, not a label. Quantities follow standard portion sizes; this recipe hasn't been tested in a real galley yet. How we make recipes

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