Lobio Nigozit
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Lobio is Georgia's national dish. Lobio nigvzit, its most common version, is a thick soup with red beans, onions, walnuts and blue fenugreek.
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Ingredients
- 1 lb dried red kidney beans
- 2 onions
- ½ bunch cilantro , finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon ground blue fenugreek
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 cup walnut halves , finely ground
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasse
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- salt
Garnish (optional)
- A few cilantro leaves
- A few pomegranate seeds
Instructions
- Pour the red kidney beans in a large pot filled with a 6 cups (1,5l) of water.
- Add the bay leaves and salt.
- Cook over medium heat until the beans are tender, at least 1 hour.
- Grind cilantro, blue fenugreek, garlic, black pepper and a pinch of salt in a mortar.
- Chop the onions.
- Fry the onions in a pan with hot oil until translucent.
- Drain the cooked beans into a large bowl. Keep 1 cup (200ml) of the cooking liquid for later use.
- With the back of a wooden spoon, mash the beans on the side of the bowl.
- Add the ingredients which were crushed in the mortar, the ground walnuts, pomegranate molasse, fried onions and cooking oil to the beans.
- Mash all the ingredients until everything is completely incorporated.
- Add the cup of cooking liquid to the beans.
- Transfer the ingredients to the pot and cook over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Serve in clay pots with hot mchadi bread.
- Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves and pomegranate seeds.
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