Vegetable Mole

Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a wide, deep pan and add the diced onion. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 5 minutes until the onions have softened, but are not brown. Use this time to prep your veg.

Add in the garlic, cumin, chilli powder and cayenne pepper. Lower the heat and fry for 1 more minute. Next, add in the sweet potato and red pepper. Give everything a good stir, then add in the tinned tomatoes, cocoa powder, bay leaves and kidney beans plus some salt and pepper. Fill one of the empty tomato tins with water and add this to the saucepan and stir again.

Bring to the boil, cover with a lid and then turn down and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Take the lid off after about 10 minutes to allow the sauce to thicken. Stir occasionally to stop the sauce sticking.

Use this time to cook your rice.

When the mole is ready, squeeze in the juice of 1 lime and stir in half the sweetcorn. Put the rest of the sweetcorn in a dish to serve alongside the mole.

Garnish the mole with fresh coriander and pumpkin seeds and serve with lime wedges and brown rice. Alternatively you could put the lime wedges, coriander and pumpkin seeds in little dishes on the table alongside the sweetcorn and allow people to help themselves to the garnishes.