Bean side dish

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 10 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make a side dish of beans? Prepare all the necessary products. Instead of tomato juice, I used frozen tomato puree, which I had previously defrosted. The beans should be washed and soaked overnight, completely filled with clean water with a good supply. You can take ready-made, canned beans and then skip the boiling process (step 2).

2. STEP 2

   

   Drain the water from the swollen, noticeably voluminous beans, place the beans in a saucepan and add new, clean water. Bring the beans to a boil, skim off the foam. Cook the beans, covered, until fully cooked, but do not overcook them. The beans should become soft and should not boil and turn into porridge.

3. STEP 3

   

   Wash and peel the carrots and onions. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and finely chop the onion. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Read about how to choose the ideal frying pan, as well as how to choose the right oil, in separate articles, links at the end of the recipe. Place the carrots and onions in the pan and fry over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft and lightly golden.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add tomato juice to the pan (I used tomato puree). Add salt, sugar, spices to taste. For example, you can take ground black pepper, ground paprika, curry, asafoetida, turmeric, bay leaf, allspice.

5. STEP 5

   

   Lay out the boiled beans, having drained the broth from them first, and stir. Bring everything to a boil, cover and simmer over low heat for about 40 minutes. Monitor the thickness of the dish; if necessary, add water or broth left from the beans) or, conversely, evaporate excess moisture, if any.

6. STEP 6

   

   At the end of cooking, add lemon juice, stir and turn off the heat. Serve the side dish, garnished with fresh herbs. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Galla

21.11.2023

5

A tasty and satisfying dish, thank you. I suggest making vegetable lobio from beans and vegetables.

Natalia M

21.11.2023

4.5

For dinner I made a side dish of beans. I did it quickly, because I boiled the beans in advance and stewed them with tomatoes. I took more onions and carrots to make the side dish juicier. After frying, I added the previously prepared beans. The beans themselves are ordinary red, they cook quite quickly if you soak them in advance. While the contents of the pan were simmering, I added a mixture of peppers and curry. After 15 minutes, removed from heat and added a little salt. This is a very tasty and juicy side dish! Previously, I just boiled the beans and combined them with frying, it was a little dry. Now I will stew it this way. Thanks for the recipe!

Lyudmila

21.11.2023

4.7

Quite by accident, in the “deposits” I found a kilogram bag of very large white beans - I brought it once from (no matter where)... It seemed to me that we had never seen such a thing :) Now I soaked it until the morning - then everything is as written... Only I don’t understand whether to remove the husks after cooking or not? Thank you anyway !