Turkish Chili

• tablespoon olive oil↗1 tablespoon
• medium cooking onion, chopped1
• large tomatoes, diced↗4
• large carrots, quartered and sliced into bite size↗3
• cups cooked red kidney beans (I soak my beans and boil them the day before in the same water that I soak them)↗4 cups
• cup tomato sauce↗1⁄2 cup
• cup fresh lemon juice↗1⁄2 cup
• teaspoon whole cumin seed↗1 teaspoon
• salt and pepper
• chopped garlic cloves5
• chopped cilantro or chopped parsley

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Heat oil in a large pot and add the carrots and sauté for about 6 min (add water if needed instead of using more oil).

2. 2

   Then add the onion and sauté for a couple of minutes.

3. 3

   Next add all the ingredients in except the garlic and parsley and sauté at high until it begins to boil, then reduce to low heat.

4. 4

   After reducing to lower heat add the garlic (the garlic flavour penetrates the ingredients much better this way) and simmer until the carrots are done.

5. 5

   Take of the heat and add the cilantro and serve with or over rice and a side salad.