Chili Sin Carne
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds, dry roasted and crushed
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, dry roasted and crushed
- 1 teaspoon tomato puree
- 400 milliliters passata or sieved tomato sauce
- 1-2 cloves garlic, minced or chopped in small bits
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 200 milliliters vegetable stock (or made up with a stock cube and water)
- 125g kidney beans (from a tin, rinsed and drained)
- 125g white beans e.g cannellini (from a tin, rinsed and drained)
- 1-2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- chili pepper , to taste
- salt and pepper, to taste
- Heat oil in a pan on medium heat, and after a minute add sliced onions and a pinch of salt. Stir and let cook slowly till the onions begin to take on colour, about 5 minutes.
- Add the crushed coriander and cumin seeds and the tomato puree. Let cook for a minute or two, stirring all the time and then add the passata, garlic, paprika, stock, beans, sugar and chili pepper (if using).
- Let stew slowly on low heat for 20 minutes, stirring now and again. Taste and adjust seasoning as you desire.
- When ready, crush some beans using your cooking spoon to thicken, if the sauce is too thin.
- While the sauce is cooking, boil some cannelloni. You can make 'assemble your own' in which the sauce is stuffed into fully cooked cannelloni shells once it's ready.
- You can cook the cannelloni till 5 minutes from ready, then fill with sauce, top with some cheese and bake at 180 deg C for 10 - 12 minutes.
vegetable oil, onion, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, tomato puree, passata, garlic, paprika, vegetable stock, kidney beans, white beans, sugar, chili pepper, salt
Taken from food52.com/recipes/2407-chili-sin-carne (may not work)