What happens when European, Middle Eastern and West Asian roads intersect? Well, such a unique and exquisite thing as a Caucasian cuisine emerges! We will teach you how to stew beans in a Georgian way.
As lobio means “bean”, you can guess that there are many types “Lobois”, as there are a lot of ways how you can cook and serve beans. Today’s recipe is “Dakepili lobio”. Do not miss such a great opportunity to learn how to cook this Georgian bean dip with our recipe!
Ingredients for a perfect Georgian red bean stew:
- 2 cups red kidney beans/pinto beans;
- 1 cup walnuts halves;
- 2 onions;
- 1-2 tsps. Khmeli Suneli (Georgian five spice seasoning);
- 1-2 tsps. coriander powder;
- Salt and black pepper to taste;
- 3 garlic cloves;
- 1 bunch herbs (cilantro or parsley are more preferable);
- 5 tbsps. olive oil.
How to Make Cold Caucasus Lobio:
- Chose only one type of beans for your stew. If you cook several types of beans together, they will not be ready at the same time.
- Put beans in the pot with water and let them soak overnight prior to cooking.
- In the morning, drain all the water and rinse the beans. Put them into the pot again, cover with fresh cold water and bring it to a boil. Cook beans gently over medium heat for 1-1.5 hours. Beans should become tender. You can cover the pot; let the beans simmer under the lid.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat, chop onion and sauté it for 5-7 minutes until onion becomes translucent and soft. Do not forget to stir it occasionally!
- After mixing khmeli suneli seasoning and coriander powder with onion, take the pan off the heat.
- Only then add nicely chopped herbs, finely ground walnuts, salt and pepper to taste.
- Press garlic and stir all the ingredients together, let them soak in all the flavors.
- All the liquid that is left from boiling beans, drain out and save for later. Divide cooked beans into 2 equal parts.
- First part blend into a nice mash. If consistency of the mixture is too thick for your liking, you can always add liquid from boiling that you saved earlier.
- Mix in together pureed and whole beans.
- Next step will be to transfer ingredients from the pan into mixture of beans.
- All you need to do is to mix in everything together and leave overnight in the fridge. And here you have a perfect beans stew from Caucasian cuisine.
Bon appetite!
You see how it is easy to cook a perfect stew from beans. In addition, you can also incorporate a recipe from a cuisine that is new to you. You can use as a dip sauce or a side dish. Try to incorporate such recipes from cuisines all over the world to make your meals more exciting!
Red Kidney Bean Stew Recipe (Georgian Lobio)
This Georgian dish is perfect to use not only as a side dish but also as a dip sauce.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 68kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups cups red kidney beans/pinto beans
- 1 cup walnuts halves
- 2 onions
- 1-2 tsp. Khmeli Suneli (Georgian five spice seasoning
- 1-2 tsp. coriander powder
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 bunch of herbs (cilantro or parsley are more preferable)
- 5 tbsp. olive oil
Instructions
- Chose only one type of beans for your stew. If you cook several types of beans together, they will not be ready at the same time.
- Put beans in the pot with water and let them soak overnight prior to cooking.
- In the morning, drain all the water and rinse the beans. Put them into the pot again, cover with fresh cold water and bring it to a boil. Cook beans gently over medium heat for 1-1.5 hours. Beans should become tender. You can cover the pot; let the beans simmer under the lid.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium heat, chop onion and sauté it for 5-7 minutes until onion becomes translucent and soft. Do not forget to stir it occasionally!
- After mixing khmeli suneli seasoning and coriander powder with onion, take the pan off the heat.
- Only then add nicely chopped herbs, finely ground walnuts, salt and pepper to taste.
- Press garlic and stir all the ingredients together, let them soak in all the flavors.
- All the liquid that is left from boiling beans, drain out and save for later. Divide cooked beans into 2 equal parts.
- First part blend into a nice mash. If consistency of the mixture is too thick for your liking, you can always add liquid from boiling that you saved earlier.
- Mix in together pureed and whole beans.
- Next step will be to transfer ingredients from the pan into mixture of beans.
- All you need to do is to mix in everything together and leave overnight in the fridge. And here you have a perfect beans stew from Caucasian cuisine.
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