This potato broccoli curry made with coconut milk and chickpeas will have you in and out of the kitchen in no time at all. Simple ingredients, easy to prepare, vegan, healthy, and super delicious!

Potato broccoli curry with chickpeas and coconut milk served in a bowl.

Comfort foods, such as this curry recipe, make my heart sing! I’ve listed below a super-simple yet outrageously tasty option with the hard-to-beat combination of potatoes and broccoli.

Not only did everyone in my family enjoy this dish, but it is also a favorite with my blog readers! 😉

Recipe Overview

only simple, everyday ingredients required
a stand-alone dish (no additional “fillers” – such as rice or similar – needed)
deliciously creamy consistency
vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free
high in fiber and wholesome

This blog post will provide you with lots of helpful information and useful tips for the recipe. By scrolling further down, you will find the actual recipe, including measurements. No additional details required? Head straight over to the recipe: recipe card.

Ingredients

Only a few simple, everyday ingredients are needed to whip up the broccoli potato curry. The key components are:

Potatoes: Naturally, the base of our recipe. Depending on which texture you prefer, use either waxy or floury potatoes. While waxy potatoes are more likely to retain their shape and have more bite, floury potatoes will affect the texture in terms of creaminess (they may look mushier but will still taste fantastic).

Broccoli: The second key ingredient in our recipe is a powerhouse of health benefits. A cruciferous vegetable high in vitamin C and beta-carotene, as well as other valuable nutrients and phytochemicals. An all-around abundant source of vitamins and minerals that also provides a beautiful color component.

Coconut milk: Enhances our dish with a delightful dose of creaminess and harmonizes exquisitely as an addition to the curry.

Chickpeas: Canned chickpeas are a great source of valuable plant-based protein and are high in fiber. Tip: If you are sensitive to chickpeas and are having a hard time digesting them, feel free to peel them. Might be quite time-consuming, but if it helps in the end, go for it. 😉

Tips on preparation

The potato cubes should, of course, be roughly the same size. Keep the broccoli chunks at a slightly smaller size. By doing so, we can ensure that all produce is cooked evenly and blends visually. You can refer to my picture below for sizing reference:

Cubed potatoes and sliced broccoli on a cutting board.

If you are feeling a bit uneasy and unsure about your curry paste’s spice level, start by adding it sparingly. You can always add more of it further down the road. There is a particularly aromatic flavor provided by the curry paste, and we want to make sure that it shines through in this recipe. ;)

I also highly recommend being mighty gracious when seasoning the potato broccoli curry with coconut milk. Don’t hold back and season well! 😉

broccoli potato curry being stirred in a pot

This recipe is designed to function as a stand-alone dish.  You can, however, serve it with some baguette or flatbread, for example. Super scrumptious!

Recipe Variations

I’ve intentionally kept the base recipe for the potato broccoli chickpea curry simple. Feel free to put your own spin on it by further enhancing it to your liking or modifying individual ingredients. Here are just a few ideas:

Spices: Be generous and don’t be shy about seasoning to taste with the spices specified herein. As a result, you will attain next-level aromatic flavors. 😉 In addition to salt and pepper, the following spices would complement our dish beautifully as well: paprika powder, chili powder, curry powder, ground ginger (or fresh ginger root, of course!).

Herbs: You may further fine-tune the curry with herbs of your choice, such as parsley or coriander.

Rice as a side dish: This recipe was actually created to stand on its own, meaning no rice or similar is needed to go with the dish. However, your kitchen, your rules. Add rice as a side if that’s what your starving heart desires ;). The indicated measurements will yield more servings in that case, and you might also consider adding a tad more liquid to the curry to even out the thickness.