African Bean Soup

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Everyone loves this. With some good whole wheat bread, some cheese

and salad, its a whole meal.

Shoshana

 

African Bean Soup

 

3 Tbsp oil

2 cups carrots, thinly sliced

1 large onion, diced

8 cups boiling water

1 cup dry black-eyed peas

1 cup dry white beans

1 cup green or red pepper, diced

2 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp crushed red pepper (or to taste)

1 cup roasted or raw peanuts, chopped

1/2 cup natural peanut butter

1/3 cup finely chopped basil or coriander leaves,

1 1/2 tsp ground coriander

 

1. Soak the beans overnight.

2. Warm the oil in large stock pot. Add onion and carrots. Cook for 5

minutes.

3. Add water, black eyed peas, white beans, peppers, salt, and crushed

red pepper

(add more water, if necessary, to cover).

4. Cook, covered, until ingredients are tender, 1 - 1 1/2 hours.

5. Add peanuts, peanut butter herbs and coriander during last 10-15

minutes of cooking.

6. Taste to correct seasonings.

Soup should be thick.