Author: tommys2015

Indian Fusion Chili
O.5 kg lean ground beef
250ml chopped onion (1 large)
2 cloves garlic, minced
210ml can tomatoes, undrained, cut up
220 ml can tomato sauce
220 ml can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
205ml can chicken broth
260 ml chopped green, red, and/or yellow sweet pepper (2 medium)
1 cooking apple (such as Granny Smith or Jonathan), cored and chopped
23ml chili powder
15ml unsweetened cocoa powder
8ml curry powder
3ml ground cinnamon
80ml slivered almonds
Shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Sour cream (optional)
Directions
In a frying pan, cook meat, onion, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender, stirring to break up meat as it cooks. Drain off fat.
Stir undrained tomatoes, tomato sauce, beans, and broth into meat mixture in a pot. Add sweet pepper, apples, chili powder, cocoa powder, curry powder, and cinnamon. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
Top each serving with almonds. If desired, serve with cheese, sour cream.

Reflection.
Our group began the project by searching unique chili recipe’s. We wanted to make our chili stand out, so we searched recipe’s that would do that. We found a recipe for Fruit and Nut chili, that used apples and almonds as specialty ingredients, with curry, cocoa powder, and cinnamon as well. Making our recipe, we combined our ingredients well and fast, to start simmering our recipe for long as possible. In the beginning, we thought it wouldn’t turn out as well as it did. The curry flavour was strong, so we changed the name to Indian Fusion. We all mostly worked well as a group, to complete the chili, and contributed as much as possible. It was chaotic the day we made the chili, because everyone was rushing to find their ingredient. Kevin spent most of the time “holding up the counter” and playing on his phone, instead of helping us out. We would give him jobs, but he would complete them while still on his phone, and again go back to doing nothing. The judgment day, we got out bread in the oven quickly, and we reheated the oven. Jayna was focused on the bread that day, Sabrina on the presentation, and Tommy was on dishes, and helping when necessary. Kevin did Some of the drying, and grated some cheese, but continued his tradition of doing nothing. The clean up wasn’t to the best of our abilities, as we finished just after the bell rang. We think that the chili tasted well, and the presentation was good, and the cheese bread came out golden brown. We are proud of the final product.