Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Georgian Lobio

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Lobio (Georgian: ლობიო), is a popular dish made with kidney beans and usually eaten with Mchadi and marinaded vegetables . The Georgian word ‘lobio’ means ‘beans’. 

Ingredients : 
400 g of dried red kidney beans 
100 grams of onions 
50 grams of fresh green basil 
2 cloves of garlic cilantro 
70 grams of olive oil 
50 g tomato paste 

Preparation: 

Soak beans in cold water for two hours prior to cooking. 
Drain water and add beans and salt to a deep pot containing 1.5 liters of water. 
Cook on a medium heat until the beans are tender. 
Chop the fresh basil, cilantro and onions. 
Add fresh basil, onions, garlic, black pepper and a pinch of salt to a mortar. 
Add tomato paste. Grind the ingredients with a pestle. 
Fry the chopped onions in a pan of hot oil. 
Drain the water from the cooked kidney beans but keep 200 milliliters in a separate jug to use later. 
Add the ingredients that were crushed in a mortar, together with fried onions and the oil they were fried in. 
Add the 200 milliliters of bean water (saved when draining the beans). 
Transfer the ingredients to a pot and cook on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 
Enjoy your lobio!

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