Nutrition for beauty | Хранене за Красота
Nutrition for beauty | Хранене за Красота
Bean Stew
Prep Time
6-10 hours
Prep Notes
Soak the beans in water overnight. If necessary, add more. water.
Cooking Time
2-3 hours
Yields
4
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion
- 1 cup of dry beans - pre-soaked
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 carrot
- 1 pepper, fresh or dry
- 1 tomato
- 1 clove of garlic
- pinch of sea salt
- mint, dry or fresh;
- savory, dry;
- 1-2 tsp. baking soda
- parsley
- ½ tsp. sugar if the tomato is sour
- water
Directions
- Bing to broil 1-2 l of water with the beans and 1 tsp. baking soda. Reduce the heat and stir if foam starts to build up. Let it simmer for 5 minutes;
- Drain the water and rinse the beans under cold water. Please note that bean skins would come off and you need to discard them;
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 especially if the beans are old, or to avoid them causing you to bloat or make gasses;
- Place the beans in 1 l of cold water and bring to a boil;
- In the meantime chop the onion, pepper, and carrot;
- When boiling, add the veggies and cooking oil and reduce the heat to low. Cover, and let it simmer for 60-90 minutes;
- When the beans are almost ready (fork tender), add tomato (and sugar, if sour) savory and mint;
- Let it simmer for yet another 10 minutes;
- Remove from the heat and garnish with parsley and black/hot pepper if desired.
Notes
- Always cook beams, placing them in cold water;
- Optionally use lovage and celery instead of parsley for a different taste
- Fry 1-2 minced cloves of garlic with paprika in 2-3 tbsp olive oil and add all that to the cooked bean stew for a more vivid taste.
Credit
My aunt Villy; Ivo Dimitrov