Lobio

Ingredients

• 400 g (2 cups) dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight
• 2 onions, chopped
• 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• 80 g (¾ cup) walnuts, ground
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 tsp ground coriander and 1 tsp blue fenugreek (or ½ tsp fenugreek)
• Lots of cilantro, chopped
• 1–2 tbsp wine vinegar
• Salt and chili

Method

1. Boil the beans hard for 10 minutes, then simmer until very soft, about an hour.
2. Fry the onions in the oil until golden.
3. Mash about half of the beans in the pot. Stir in the onions, walnuts, garlic and spices and simmer 10 minutes.
4. Add vinegar, salt, chili and plenty of cilantro.

Tip. Serve in clay pots with mchadi cornbread and pickles, Georgian style.