So necessary protein for our body is not only in meat, eggs and dairy products. Remember the modest beans. It definitely will not let you lose your strength in Lent and make variety in the usual menu. The main thing is to approach her with imagination.
The following are the recipes:
- Haricot beans in tomato
- Beans with squid
- Beans with sweet peppers in Georgian
- Green Beans in African Style
100 g of carrots, 100 g of parsley root, 150 g of onions, 2 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil, bay leaf, pepper, salt.
Beans boil, cool. Onions cut into half rings, carrots and parsley - straw and pass in vegetable oil for 15 minutes. Add the tomato paste, salt, pepper, bay leaf, bring to a boil. The resulting marinade is cooled and poured with beans.
Beans with squid
Peeled squid - 400 g, cabbage - 400 g, dried beans - 80 g, pepper, rosemary, garlic.
In the pressure cooker, put the beans, add the garlic, salt, pepper in the beans, rosemary and cook for 40 minutes. Half of the beans are wiped and add the resulting mashed potatoes to the broth with the remaining whole beans. Separately boil the cabbage leaves, cut them and add to the beans. Squid, cut into pieces, fry with butter and garlic for three minutes, spread on plates and pour the beans.
Beans with sweet peppers in Georgian
300 g of dried red beans, 300 g of onions, 500 g of sweet pepper, 1/4 cup of vegetable oil, 2-3 tablespoons of 6 percent wine vinegar, 3 cloves of garlic, parsley greens, celery greens (optional), dill, cilantro, 0,5-1 tsp ground pepper, salt.
Beans soak in cold water for 6-12 hours, during soaking, change the water 1-2 times. Rinse it, pour it with cold water, so it lightly covers the beans, cook over moderate heat under the lid until soft. The beans must remain intact. As the boiling boils pour boiling water. Add salt at the end of cooking. When the beans are ready, drain excess water. Onions slice and cut into 2 tbsp. spoons of vegetable oil. Remove the sweet pepper from the pedicels, seeds and cut into small pieces. Boil the beans, not cooled, into a deep frying pan. Add the browned onion, sweet pepper, the remaining vegetable oil, a little water (1/3 cup) and simmer under the lid for 5-7 minutes (until the pepper becomes soft) over moderate heat. Add chopped garlic and greens, ground red pepper, vinegar, salt, mix and hold on the fire for another minute.
Green Beans in African Style
200 g of green beans, 100 g of tomato juice, a bunch of green parsley, 30 g of vegetable oil, soda, salt.
Green bean pods wash, peel, cut in half in width, put in boiling water, in which first sprinkle salt and a pinch of baking soda, and boil until cooked. Beans strain, pour tomato juice and vegetable oil and cook for another 15-20 minutes on low heat. When serving on a table, sprinkle a lot of parsley with finely chopped herbs.