saturday was chili night

Published: 11-09-12

Which essentially means we made a chili and served with Corona, tequila and astronomically strong margueritas.

This is 12 liters of chili. Heavier to stir than you might think.

Here's my recipe (3 portions):

Chop one yellow onion and one garlic. Fry in olive oil until they are soft but not brown. Add chili spice mix (e.g. this one which works perfectly fine even if this is a vegetarian chili) and lots of olive oil to ensure that the spices absorb plenty of oil. At this stage, the whole thing will look like a brown paste. Add chickpeas, kidney beans and 2 finely chopped tomatos. Fry for a minute or two. Add 400g of crushed tomatoes. Add red lentils. Add one small jar of corn. Thrown in a hand-ful of chopped coriander. Squeeze half a lime and add the juice. Add a spoon of tomato puré. Let the whole thing simmer for a while. That's about it.

Serve with a lime-yoghurt sauce. Get some natural yoghurt, add grated lime peel. Serve cold and add a spoon or two on top of the chili when serving. Add a pinch of chopped coriander on top.