Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew)
Georgia's everyday bean dish — red kidney beans stewed until soft, half-mashed with fried onion, crushed walnuts, garlic, coriander and khmeli-suneli and sharpened with vinegar. With no meat or dairy, it is a fasting-day staple.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g dried red kidney beans
- water, for soaking and cooking
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tbsp sunflower oil
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 80 g walnuts
- 3 garlic cloves
- 2 tsp khmeli-suneli spice mix
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 0.5 tsp chilli flakes
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 30 g fresh coriander, chopped
- 30 g pomegranate seeds, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 1789 kcal · P 59.1g · C 145.4g · F 114.7g
Estimated from 13 of 14 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Soak the beans overnight in plenty of cold water, then drain.
- 2Cover with fresh water in a pot, add the bay leaf and boil hard for 10 minutes — this destroys the natural toxin in raw kidney beans — then simmer for 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes, until very soft. Drain, keeping 300 ml of the cooking water.
- 3Meanwhile heat the oil in a wide pan and fry the onions for 10 minutes until golden.
- 4Crush the walnuts and garlic with the salt in a mortar or food processor to a coarse paste.
- 5Add the beans to the onions with the walnut paste, khmeli-suneli, ground coriander, chilli flakes and enough of the cooking water to loosen, and simmer for 10 minutes, mashing about half the beans with a spoon.
- 6Take off the heat and stir in the vinegar and most of the fresh coriander.
- 7Serve warm or at room temperature, scattered with the remaining coriander and the pomegranate seeds.
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Questions and answers
How long does Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew) take to make?
About 115 minutes: 15 min prep and 100 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew)?
14 ingredients: dried red kidney beans, water, bay leaf, sunflower oil, onions, walnuts, garlic cloves, khmeli-suneli spice mix, ground coriander, chilli flakes, red wine vinegar, salt and 2 more.
How many servings does this Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew) recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew)?
About 447 kcal, with 14.8 g protein, 36.4 g carbohydrate and 28.7 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew) recipe suit?
It is vegan and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew)?
Lobio (Georgian Kidney Bean Stew) comes from Georgian cuisine.
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