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Cookbook:Bean Jahni soup

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Bean Jahni soup, Jani me fasule, is an Albanian dish of bean soup.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of dry white beans
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped mint
• salt
• chili powder

Preparation

Boil beans in hot water in an uncovered pot for 5 minutes. Rinse and boil for another 15 minutes in a covered stock pot in 3 cups hot water. SautÈ onion in olive oil until it turns yellow. Add 2 tablespoons bean stock from the pot along with tomato sauce, parsley, salt and chili powder for taste. Cook for 10 minutes or until a thick sauce is formed, then pour everything into the pot. Add chopped mint, cover tightly and cool for 2 hours over low heat, or for 30 minutes in a pressure cooker. This should produce a thick juice, covering beans by _inch. Serve hot.

See also

• Albanian cuisine
• Culture of Albania

References

This article contains information from Frosina.org (http://www.frosina.org) and it is used with permission.