Lobio

Name: Lobio
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Georgian
Ingredients: 400g dried red kidney beans, soaked overnight; 2 onions, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 100g walnuts, chopped; 2 tsp coriander, ground; 1 tsp fenugreek; 1 tsp chilli flakes; 3 tbsp red wine vinegar; coriander to serve

Georgian red bean stew simmered with walnut, onion and warming spices, eaten warm or cold with mchadi cornbread. Mashing a portion of the cooked beans back into the pot while leaving others whole is what thickens the stew naturally while keeping some texture throughout.

Total time

75 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Georgian

Vegan

Ingredients

400gdried red kidney beans, soaked overnight

2onions, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

100gwalnuts, chopped

2 tspcoriander, ground

1 tspfenugreek

1 tspchilli flakes

3 tbspred wine vinegar

corianderto serve

Instructions

Cook beans in water 45 minutes to 1 hour until tender. Reserve some liquid.

Fry onion and garlic until soft.

Add spices and vinegar.

Add beans and some cooking liquid. Simmer 15 minutes, mashing some beans for texture.

Stir in walnuts. Season. Serve with coriander and cornbread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

322

Protein

13.4g

Fat

17g

Carbs

32.8g

Fiber

9.3g

Sodium

7mg

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