The most colorful, tasty and rich dish of Georgian cuisine is lobio. Its taste is excellent both in hot and cold and its main feature is that the dish is perfectly combined with any side dishes or meat ingredients.
In the classical variation of lobio, traditional spices, vegetables and herbs are added to the beans. Let's take a closer look at a few basic recipes for this excellent food.
How to cook lobio from canned red beans?
Ingredients:
- red beans in their own juice - 1 pot;
- onion - 155 g;
- garlic - 4 small denticles;
- tomato paste - 40 g;
- fresh coriander - 1 small bunch;
- fresh basil - 1 small bunch;
- walnuts, peeled - 125 g;
- hops-suneli - 15 g;
- red pepper - on the tip of the knife;
- wine vinegar - 20 ml;
- olive oil for frying - 150 ml;
- salt.
Preparation
We throw the canned beans into a colander, keeping the marinade, thoroughly rinsed with boiling water and leave to drain.
Pour olive oil into the saucepan, warm it up and throw a peeled and finely chopped onion and passer until transparent. We put chopped fresh greens, we also add garlic, tomato paste, hops-suneli, ground red pepper, wine vinegar, a little marinade from a can of beans, we keep the whole mass on fire for another minute and we set it aside.
Peeled nuts are dried and fried in a pan. Then put them in a blender and crush it into small pieces. Add half of the prepared beans to the nuts and again thoroughly chop. We combine the walnut-bean paste with a slightly cooled roast and the remaining whole beans, season with salt, add a little more chopped cilantro, warm the mixture to a boil and set aside. After 20 minutes the dish will be ready for tasting.
How to cook lobio from green beans?
Ingredients:
- string beans - 515 g;
- Eggs selected - 3 pieces;
- onion green - 95 g;
- butter "Peasant" - 60 g;
- fresh coriander;
- fresh parsley;
- fresh basil;
- black pepper;
- salt.
Preparation
We thoroughly wash the beans and the green onions and let the water drain completely. Next, cut the bean pods into pieces in the size of two centimeters, and the onion is small-sized and add everything to the container. Season the green mass with salt, black pepper and mix thoroughly.
In the saucepan, melt the butter, throw the beans with onions and fry them, stirring for a few minutes. Add the greens of coriander, parsley and basil to the frying pan, cover the container with a lid and simmer on low heat until it is ready.
In a separate container, beat together with the salt and pepper eggs to a homogeneous consistency and pour everything into a frying pan with beans. Stir the dish carefully so that the eggs are seized, set aside and can serve.
How to cook a real lobio in Georgian?
Ingredients:
- walnuts - 50 g;
- extra virgin olive oil - 70 ml;
- garlic - 6 small denticles;
- onion - 30 g;
- carrots are not large - 1 pc .;
- coriander - 2 tsp;
- paprika - 1 teaspoon;
- red beans - 510 g;
- greens of coriander, parsley - for a generous handful;
- wine vinegar - 40 ml.
Preparation
Nuts chop into a crumb and a half of olive oil in a blender. On the remaining oil, save the vegetables. Once they podzolotyatsya add greens and paprika, and a minute later, pour the red beans and pour it with 3 liters of water. After boiling, reduce heat and simmer the beans for 3 hours. After the time has elapsed, take some of the beans, whip the blender into a paste and return it back to the dish with the dish. At the end, add walnut puree, greens and vinegar.