Camp Stove Recipe: Chickpea Curry! Easy Vegan Camping Recipe (2024)

Published: Jul 18, 2016 · Modified: Nov 24, 2023 · 11 Comments

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This vegan chickpea curry (or chana masala) is a delicious camp stove recipe. It's ready in about 20 minutes and will leave you feeling full and satisfied.

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A few months back, the husband started gushing about nature.

That's right, he wanted to go camping.

To be more specific, he wanted to go on an epic, multi-week, national park-hopping, cross-country hiking and camping trip.

While I admitted that this sounded amazing (and exhausting), I had never been camping before.

Ever.

That's right-- he was taking this city-diva into the wilderness.

To be honest, I wasn't incredibly worried about sleeping in a tent, or showering in a bath-house, or getting a little dirty.

My main worry was, you guessed it-- the food!

I assumed (correctly, I might add), that a lot of the national parks are fairly isolated, with limited restaurant access.

We decided, of course, to go anyway and make it work.

What followed was a whirl of food planning, trip planning, and then eighteen days of driving, hiking, and delicious campground cooking.

This camp stove recipe was one of my favorite campground meals, because it is FAST and delicious. It's ready, start to finish, in about 20 minutes, and will leave you feeling full and satisfied.

None of the ingredients for this chickpea curry need to be refrigerated, so if you're planning on hiking all day, you don't need to find a way to keep anything cold while you're gone.

Camp Stove Recipe: Cooking Curry

To start with, gather all the ingredients and equipment before you leave for your camping adventure.

For this camp stove recipe for chickpea curry, you'll need the following gear:

• Camping Cook Stove (We use this Coleman 2-burner propane stove)
• Cast iron skillet or stainless steel skillet(I use a Lodge 10" cast-iron skillet)
• a small metal turner or spatula
• a saucepan with a lid (for the rice), a measuring cup (for the rice)
• a cutting board
• a knife
• bowls and spoons (or plates and forks) to eat it all with.

You'll also need some tandoori masala spice mix, garlic powder, olive oil, canned chickpeas, canned fire roasted tomatoes, and an onion.

Bring along some instant white rice or instant jasmine rice to serve with your meal.

How to Make Chana Masala (Chickpea Curry)

To prepare the curry, set up the camp stove, and go ahead and start boiling the water for your rice.

While the water heats up, sauté the onions and spices in the skillet, then add the garlic and tomatoes. Let the tomatoes cook for about five minutes, and then add the chickpeas (liquid and all).

Let the whole thing simmer for a few minutes, and the liquid will cook down.

Finish the rice while your curry is cooking. Make sure to add some more garlic powder and salt to your rice-- Instant rice is not incredibly flavorful.

Finally, scoop rice and curry into bowls, and dig in.

Need more help?Check out theseCamping Recipes for a Happy Glamperfor tips on making campground cooking easier and more recipe ideas!