Red beans in the shape of their grains resembles a kidney. In various dishes it can be perfectly combined with tomato and spicy sauces, garlic, onions and rosemary. However, red beans have one peculiarity in cooking. If you have chosen a recipe for preparing red beans, be sure to consider that it must be pre-soaked in water for at least eight hours. This is because poisonous substances are present in raw red bean grains. After soaking it must be washed and then cooked until ready for at least an hour. You must remember how much to cook red beans.
Red beans are an excellent source of fiber, doctors recommend consuming about 40 grams of fiber daily, and 100 grams of fiber contains 25 grams of fiber. It has a lot of iron. It has cleansing and diuretic properties. Beans are often used for diet with a variety of diseases.
We offer a Georgian red bean and sweet pepper recipe.
You need 300 grams of dried red bean, 500 grams of red bell pepper, 300 grams of onions, a fourth part of a glass of vegetable oil, three cloves of garlic, two tablespoons of wine vinegar, parsley, dill, celery, cilantro. Ground red pepper and salt to taste.
Beans are soaked in water for a period of 6 to 12 hours. When soaking, change the water at least once. Rinse the beans before cooking, add cold water so that it is hidden under water, cook under the lid until soft on a moderate fire. See that the grains do not burst. If the water will evaporate, you can add boiling water. Salt at the end of cooking. When the beans are ready, drain the water. Before you cook the red beans completely, you need to prepare the onions and peppers. Cut the onion into small pieces and sauté in vegetable oil. Pepper to clear seeds and stalks, cut into cubes.
Put the boiled beans, without cooling, into a deep frying pan, add sweet pepper, passivated onion, vegetable oil, a small amount of water, cover and simmer for 5-7 minutes, stirring slightly over moderate heat. At the end add chopped herbs and garlic, vinegar, ground red pepper and salt, mix everything and simmer for another minute.
Another recipe for making red beans is red lobio.
For this you need 0.5 kg of beans, half a liter of water, one and a half glasses of peeled walnuts 2-3 onions, 4 cloves of garlic, 50 ml of red wine vinegar, cilantro 2 bundles, coriander and hops-sunel, one teaspoon each half a teaspoon of red ground pepper and salt.
Beans must be washed and soaked in cold water overnight. After this, rinse again, pour cold water and cook for an hour and a half on low heat until soft. Cut the onion heads into strips and pass until soft in vegetable oil. Finely chop the walnuts or grind in a blender, mix with crushed garlic, salt, red pepper and dry spices. After the beans are cooked, pour the remaining broth into another pan and add boiling water, if necessary, so that the volume is 0.5 liters. Beans can not be left in water for a long time, otherwise it will become stiff again and will no longer be boiled.
Bring the broth in the pan to a boil again, add the nuts, boil for five minutes over low heat, add the onion and cook for another three minutes with frequent stirring. It should get a consistency, like sour cream. Pour the resulting sauce into the finished beans and mix with a wooden spatula. Then pour vinegar, chopped herbs and garlic if desired. Serve both hot and cold. This recipe for making red beans is very popular in Caucasian cuisine.