Georgia

Lobio

Name: Lobio
Prep time: 10 h
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 11 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups dry soaked overnight rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans); 1 large chopped onion; 2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 3 cloves garlic; 1/2 cup walnuts; 1 1/2 tsp khmeli suneli; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 2 tsp (or tkemali) vinegar; Coriander leaves (cilantro), big handful, chopped; Salt, to taste

Red beans that took a Georgian cooking class: walnuts, herbs and a thick spoonful of attitude.

100 minTime

18 gProtein each

mediumSpice

10hPlan ahead. Soak for 10 hours first; the 100 minutes come after.

Lobio in a clay pot2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's wayClay pot lobio with walnuts and khmeli suneli.

The original

370kcalsame

18 gproteinsame

18 gfibresame

100minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans)1¼ cups dry, soaked overnight

Onion1 large, chopped

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp

Garlic3 cloves

Walnuts½ cup

Khmeli suneli1½ tsp

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)½ tsp

Vinegar2 tsp (or tkemali)

Coriander leaves (cilantro)big handful, chopped

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Drain the soaked beans and boil in fresh water until completely soft.
2Fry the onion in oil until soft and golden.
3Pound the walnuts, garlic and a pinch of salt to a coarse paste.
4Mash about half the beans in their pot. Stir in the onion, walnut paste, khmeli suneli, chilli and vinegar and simmer 10 minutes.
5Stir in the coriander, taste for salt and vinegar and rest 5 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve bubbling hot in small clay pots or bowls, scattered with coriander. Mchadi and pickles go alongside.

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