Vegan MoFo No3: Vegan Chilli - GUEST POST!

This week we made chilli. And by we, I mean my boyfriend (Alex) did then I ate it. He's the chief chilli maker in the house and makes it so well I asked him to blog the recipe which incidently, is vegan! I guess you could add some sort of 'meat substitute' like Quorn (contains egg and milk) to it but honestly, it doesn't need it, it's substantial enough as it is and soooo much cheaper. Once you've got all the basics (spices, onions, garlic, tinned tomatoes) all you have to buy are tinned kidney beans and a few peppers. Hope you like it, and check out Alex's blog too!

Vegan Chilli

There are two foods I cook really well, one is pizza and the other is chilli. The best thing about chilli is you can add or take away loads of different ingredients, weird stuff I've included in chilli include apples and chocolate. This recipe is pretty basic however the quantity of lemon/lime juice makes it very tangy, if this isn't your thing then just use halves instead of whole fruit. The other best thing about chilli is that it's incredibly simple.

Ingredients:

Olive oil (1 tbsp)
Sunflower oil (1 tbsp)
One medium onion (chopped finely)
Three cloves of garlic (chopped and crushed)
One tin of kidney beans
Three peppers of any colour (chopped and rinsed)
One tin (or carton) of chopped tomatoes
A dash of tomato purée (about 2 tbsp)
The juice of one lemon
The juice of one lime
Chilli powder (2-3 tsp)
Cayenne pepper (1/2 tsp)
Cumin seeds or ground cumin (1 tsp)
Ground coriander (1-2 tsp)
Oregano (1 tsp)
Basil (1/2 tsp)
Salt & black pepper (to taste)

Method:

1. Heat a splash of olive and a splash of sunflower oil in a pan, once it's hot add the onion and garlic, mixing them until they start to brown.

2. Fry the peppers for a couple of minutes, stirring frequently.

3. Put the kidney beans in a bowl and mash them up a bit with the back of a fork, keeping some intact (like in the disgusting picture). Add the beans, chopped tomatoes, purée, lemon and lime juices to the pan and heat until they start to bubble.

4. Mix together all the herbs and spices, they don't need to be exact, feel free to increase the chilli powder if you like spice or visa versa. Stir in the mix.

5. Bubble away on a low heat until the chilli is thickened up, this process will look a lot like my experiment with gif creation below.

6. Assemble into deliciousness with wraps, sadly I have broken from the vegan aim of this post but I just love sour cream! Enjoy the recipe, adiós!