Ingredients:

  • Red beans - 800 g;
  • Beef - 700 g;
  • Walnuts - 200 g;
  • Bunch of fresh parsley and cilantro;
  • Garlic - 4-5 cloves;
  • Red pepper, salt;
  • Olive oil;
  • Ground coriander - 1 tsp;
  • Wine vinegar - 50 g;
  • Tomato paste - 3 tbsp or fresh tomatoes - 600 g;
  • Onion - 1 PC.

Preparation:

  1. Pre-soaked beans should be boiled and then lightly mash them with a spoon. If when cooking beans in a pot, add cold water, it boils much faster.
  2. Beef, cut in small square pieces, stew in a deep frying pan or cauldron, which are pre-coated with olive oil. Simmer for 30-35 minutes.
  3. Onions cut into rings, add to beef and simmer until cooked meat, gradually adding the tomato paste with crushed in a blender walnuts. If you are using fresh tomatoes, they must be pre-peel. To do this for a few seconds, drop them in hot water and after pour cold. After such a contrast with the water peel vegetables removed quite easily.
  4. When the meat in the pan will be almost ready, pour in the wine vinegar.
  5. Along with the beans add to the pan finely chopped garlic. The dish should be stew for another 10 minutes. Next, add the finely chopped parsley and cilantro.
  6. Cover with the lid and give lobio to infuse for 5-10 minutes.

Recipes this Georgian meals can contain other ingredients, such as carrots, green beans. Lobio is served to the table, usually hot.