Chilli con carne

Chilli con carne is a spicy stew which has its origin jn Spain.  The main ingredients are chilli, meat, tomatoes and beans.  According to the availability of ingredients and taste variations chilli. Con carne is prepared in various ways with slightly different tastes.

Ingredients for cooking chilli con carne

Onion chopped 1 nos.

Capsicum red 1 nos.

Garlic chopped 4 cloves

Paprika powder 1 tsp.

Cumin seed powder 1 tsp.

Chilli powder 1 tsp

Minced beef 500 gm.

Tomatoes peeled and chopped 500 gm.

Red kidney beans cooked 500 gm.

Sugar 1 tsp

Tomato sauce 2 tbsp.

Method of preparation

Peel and chop the onion into dices of 1 cm.  Cut the capsicum, remove the stalks and seeds and cut to small dices. Chop the garlic cloves also.

Heat oil in a pan at medium flame.  When hot add onions and saute stirring well till the onions become soft and translucent.  Add garlic, red capsicum, chilli powder, paprika powder, and cumin seed powder and stir together and allow to cook for 5 minutes stirring frequently.

Now add the minced meat and mix with the other ingredients in the vessel.   Stir frequently while cooking and break the lumps of minced meat using a spatul6.  Now raise the heat to medium and cook till the minced meat becomes dry or somewhat dried.

Now pour the beef stock to the fried beef, add the chopped tomatoes and stir well.   add 1 tsp dried marjoram, sugar salt and pepper, tomato sauce and mix well.

reduce heat and allow to simmer for 30 minutes with closed lids.  stir the entire chilli con occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the bottom of the vessel and burning.  add enough water if needed.  it must have a thick consistency.

 

now add cooked kidney beans to the chilli con carne, mix well and allow to boil, redue the heat and allow to simmer for a further 15 minutes.  add salt and pepper if needed.  remove from heat, close the lid and allow to stay till serving

serve along with boiled rice.