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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Vegetarian chili

On a camping trip this summer; I was tasked with making something vegetarian. I figured I needed the following fulfilled-

Vegetarian (duh!)
Easy to make (we were leaving on a weekday afternoon)
Protein rich (cant let them carnivores beat us in the outdoors!)
Flavor full (to dispel all notions of vegetarian cooking being blah)

So here's what I came up with. It was awesome! (And even beat all the grilled meat I must say!)

1 can red kidney beans, drained and washed
1 can garbanzo beans, drained and washed
1 large onion, chopped
5 large cloves of garlic, chopped
2 inch stick of ginger, chopped
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp each of cumin powder, coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala (or any curry powder)
2 cups water
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 cups cilantro, chopped
1 large green pepper, diced
1 large red pepper, diced

Saute onions, garlic and ginger until browned
Add the spices and saute a couple minutes
Add tomato paste and tomatoes, stir and cook covered for a couple minutes on medium heat until tomatoes are cooked and smash up into a paste.
Add half the cilantro and cook for about a minute, covered.
Add the water and the beans, cook covered on medium heat for about 15 minutes, stiring a couple times so the mixture doesnt stick/burn
Season with salt to taste and lemon juice
Add the peppers and cook uncovered for a couple minutes or until desired consistency is achieved. (Mash some of the beans into the chili to thicken)
Garnish with cilantro.

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