Recipe

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• 1/4 cup olive oil, cut into chunks
• 1 pepper, red or yellow
• 2 tomatoes, quartered
• 2 medium onions, in large slices
• 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
• 5 -6 garlic cloves
• 2 chili peppers, mild or medium (depending on your taste)
• 1/2 cup red lentil, washed
• 2 (8 oz) cans stewed tomatoes
• 1 (15 oz) can kidney beans, rinsed
• 1 lb ground beef (or vegetarian mince)
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 tbsp chilli mixed spice (see below )
• 1 cup sweet corn, frozen
• 1 (8 oz) box mushrooms, washed, stemmed and quartered
• salt and pepper

• 1 Heat oil in a heavy pan big enough to fit all of the ingredients.
• 2 Add the fresh vegetables (pepper, onion, tomatoes, carrots, garlic, chilli). Cover and sweat vegetables for 10 minutes.
• 3 In separate pan, brown the ground beef in a small amount of olive oil.
• 4 Add chilli spice mix to vegetables and coat vegetables.
• 5 Add mince, stewed tomatoes, lentils, broth, beans and tomato paste.
• 6 Cover and let simmer for 1 hour, stirring occaisionally.
• 7 Add the mushrooms and sweet corn and simmer an additional 20 minutes.
• 8 Season with salt and pepper.
• 9 Serve with pasta, rice or steak fries.
• 10 For Chilli Spice Mix:.
• 11 4 Tablespoons cumin seed, 2 Tablespoon Coriander seed, 1/2 Tablespoon Chilli powder, 1/2 tablespoon Oregano, 2 tablespoon Paprika, 7-10 Black peppercorns, 1/2 Tablespoon Salt.
• 12 Blend all ingredients in a coffee grinder or mortar and pestle. Makes enough for several recipes. Store in an airtight container.