Vegetable & bean chilli

Ingredients


1 tbsp olive oil

1 clove garlic, finely chopped

thumb-sized piece ginger, finely chopped

1 large onion

, chopped

2 courgettes, diced

1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped

1 yellow pepper, deseeded and chopped

1 tbsp chilli powder

100g red lentils, washed and drained

1 tbsp tomato purée

2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes

195g can sweetcorn

, drained

420g can butter beans, drained

400g can kidney beans in water, drained

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan. Cook the garlic, ginger, onion, courgettes and peppers for about 5 mins until starting to soften. Add the chilli powder and cook for 1 min more.

Stir in the lentils, tomato purée, tomatoes and 250ml water. Bring to the boil and cook for 15-20 mins.

Add the sweetcorn and beans, and cook for a further 10 mins.

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