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Chakalaka

Spicy beany veggie sauce from Botswana.

Ingredients

2	white onions
2	bell peppers, any colour
3	carrots
400 gm can	beans
20 ml	curry powder
2	small green chili peppers
half teaspoon	salt
6	small to medium tomatoes
25 ml	sunflower oil
to taste	salt
to taste	FAIRTRADE freshly ground black pepper


FAIRTRADE	Sources Fresh food Lemons Herbs and Spices Chili peppers Pulses

Method

Notes

Quantities are not critical, the recipe is a guide rather than a definition.
Authentically this is a spicy hot dish, quantities suggested would suit a normal european taste bud.

Preparation

Skina and chop the onions.
Remove stalk, pith and seeds from the bell peppers and chop.
Grate the carrots.
Remove the seeds and slice the peppers finely.

Cooking

Fry the onions and bell peppers over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes until starting to turn translucent.
Add the grated carrots, tomatoes, chili and beans and cook gently for 15 minutes.
Add hot spices and simmer for another 15 mins.

To serve

Serve hot.

Class: Vegan; Geography: Africa / Botswana; Courses: Sauce; Main Ingredient(s): Pulses: Aduki (Adzuki) Beans, Black Beans, Black eye Beans, Butter Beans, Cannelini Beans, Chickpeas, Fava Beans, Haricot Beans, Gunga Beans, Red Kidney Beans; Spices: Black pepper, Curry Powder (turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, cumin, coriander, chili, black pepper); Piri piri; Vegetables: Carrots, Onions, Tomatoes; Processed Foods: Sunflower Oil.