Beans are the best friend of vegetarians and fasting people as they are high in protein. In addition, it contains many vitamins, especially B6, useful for the nervous system and beauty of the skin, which was used in her time by the beautiful Cleopatra. Cook red beans and you will be graceful like a goddess.
It is necessary
- For lobio:
- - 1 kg of red beans;
- - 5 red onions;
- - 5 cloves of garlic;
- - 100 g of walnuts;
- - 50 g each leaf celery and cilantro;
- - 1 leek;
- - 1 hot green pepper;
- - salt;
- For cutlets:
- - 650 g of canned red beans;
- - 200 g of canned lentils;
- - 1 onion;
- - 1 bell pepper;
- - 2 cloves of garlic;
- - 30 g of parsley;
- - 2 tbsp. starch;
- - 5 tbsp. flour and bread crumbs;
- - 3 tbsp. water;
- - salt;
- - vegetable oil.
- For the salad:
- - 300 g beans;
- - 200 g of radish;
- - 1 large cucumber;
- - 100 g sour cream;
- - 2 tbsp. granular mustard;
- - 1/2 tsp salt;
- - 20 g of dill.
Instructions
Step 1
Fragrant red bean lobio
Soak beans in cold water for 8 hours, then drain in a colander. Transfer it to a saucepan, fill with water so that it covers the food by 2 cm, and put on high heat. After boiling, reduce the cooking temperature to medium and cook the beans for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Step 2
Peel and finely chop both onions and chop the celery. Crush the beans with a puree press and add prepared vegetables to them. Stir everything, mix with crushed nuts, chopped hot peppers and cilantro, crushed garlic, add salt and simmer for another 15-20 minutes under the lid. Serve hot or cold.
Step 3
Vegetarian red bean cutlets
Drain liquid from canned food. Thinly chop the bell pepper and onion, grate the garlic. Sauté all fresh vegetables in a little vegetable oil, cool and transfer to a blender bowl along with beans, lentils and parsley leaves. Mash everything into a puree and mix well with water, starch, bread crumbs and salt to taste.
Step 4
Form flat patties by scooping up the beans with a tablespoon and drench them in flour. Place the lean round meat in the heated vegetable oil and grill in a regular or coated pan for 5 minutes on each side. Eat them this way or make veggie burgers.
Step 5
Hearty Red Bean Salad
Cook the red beans as described in the first recipe. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and spoon out the juicy seeds with a teaspoon to keep the salad from running thin. Cut the remaining pulp into half rings and cut the radish into thin circles. Put everything in a salad bowl. Whisk sour cream with mustard and salt in a separate bowl, season the salad and stir. Sprinkle it with chopped dill.
