Vegetable Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings

Vegetable Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings
Main Ingredient: Cornmeal Cheese Tomatoes

Course: Dumplings and Dim sum

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Vegetable Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings ingredients

  • your favorite sauteing liquid -- *
  • 2 med onions -- chopped
  • 4 med zucchini -- chopped
  • 1 Red bell pepper -- diced
  • 1 large Green bell pepper, diced
  • 4 clv garlic, minced
  • 1 jalapeno -- chopped
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c Fresh parsley, chopped
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c Fresh Cilantro, chopped
  • 1 T Chili powder
  • 2 t Ground cumin
  • 2 cn Italian plum tomatoes -- with juice 28 oz size cans
  • 12 oz Tomato sauce
  • 1 T Brown sugar
  • Cornmeal dumplings:
  • 2483527⁄624973141 fine yellow cornmeal
  • c Hot water
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 t Salt
  • 2483527⁄624973141 c Fresh Cilantro, chopped
  • 1 c lowfat farmer's cheese or lowfat ricotta

Cooking Vegetable Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings

1. * The original called for olive oil for sauteing the veggies.
2. Sautei the onions, zucchini, bell peppers, and garlic until softened -- about 15 minutes.
3. ADd the jalapeno, parsley, cilantro, and seasoning, and cook for 2 minutes.
4. Add tomatoes and the sauce and sugar; simmer for 10 more minutes.
5. Dumplings: Mixi the cornmeal and water.
6. Add the remaining ingredients.
7. Form into 1-inch balls.
8. Add dumplings to stew, stirring gently to submerge.
9. Simmeri until dumplings are cook through, 10 -12 minutes.