The Best Ever Georgian Lobio

This Lobio is one of the most popular and delicious dishes of Georgian cuisine. I'll show you how to make the best Lobio in the world. It's easy, loaded with the healthy ingredients and delicious. 

Ingredients:

– 1 c dry Kidney Bean – ▢1 c dry Great Northern Beans – ▢1 c walnuts – ▢2 tablespoon olive oil  – ▢1 large onion  – ▢1 ½ teaspoon Hmeli-Suneli – ▢¼ teaspoon Cayenne pepper optional – ▢2 c tomato juice – ▢1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar – ▢salt, pepper to a taste – ▢2 c cilantro  – ▢3 cloves garlic

1. Soak the beans. Rinse the red kidney beans and white beans and add them to a large bowl. Fill the bowl with water. It should cover the beans completely. Leave it on the counter for at least 8 hours or better overnight to expand.

2. Cook the beans. Rinse the soaked beans 1-2 times and cook on a medium heat for about 1 or 1 ½ hours. One hour into the cooking remove 3 beans from the pot and taste them. If all of them are soft - beans are ready; If you use canned beans, move on to the next step.

3. Mash the beans. Drain the mixture of cooked beans and reserve all cooking liquid. Using a potato masher, mash half of the drained beans. If you're using canned beans, drain them, reserve the liquid, transfer the beans into a large bowl and mash half of the beans.

4.Chop the walnuts. I like using food processor. Simply pulse the walnuts until they are a size of a buckwheat seed. If you don't have a food processor, you can chop the walnuts by hand or add them to a plastic bag, seal it and pound with a rollin pin.

5. Sauté the onion. You need to sauté it for about 7 to 10 minutes until it's very soft and starts to brown. If necessary, add more olive oil to prevent the onion from sticking.

6. Finish. To a pan with the onion, add mashed beans, spices, walnuts, vinegar and tomato juice (or bean cooking liquid) and simmer for 5 minutes.

7. Adjust the salt and pepper to your liking. Add garlic, garnish with a cilantro and cook for another 30 seconds. Lobio is ready.

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