Lobio for winter

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the ingredients. Dry beans need to be prepared in advance, washed and soaked overnight with cold water so that it swells well. Lobio can be prepared from any variety of beans: white, red, the main thing is not to mix them, because they have different cooking times.

2. Step 2:

   

   In the morning, drain the water in which the beans were soaked, rinse it again, fill it with fresh water, put it on fire and cook the beans until half-cooked. 30 minutes is enough for cooking, it is impossible for the beans to remain firm or, conversely, to boil.

3. Step 3:

   

   Tomatoes are thoroughly washed, cut out the stems, cut tomatoes into quarters or cubes. If the skin of tomatoes is thick, then it is better to remove it by pouring boiling water over the vegetables.

4. Step 4:

   

   Chop tomatoes with a blender into puree.

5. Step 5:

   

   Bulgarian pepper is washed, cut out the stalk with the seed pod, cut it into cubes or straws.

7. Step 6:

   

   Peel the onion, cut it into cubes.

8. Step 7:

   

   Carrots are washed, cleaned and grated on a medium grater.

9. Step 8:

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put the cooked onions and carrots on it and fry until soft.

10. Step 9:

    

    Put the tomato puree in a saucepan on the stove, bring to a boil. Add to it beans, vegetable frying, bell pepper, garlic clove passed through the press. Add spices: sugar, salt, suneli hops, hot pepper, cilantro. Simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    We prepare the cans in advance: wash them with soda, sterilize them in one of the proven ways: in a water bath, in an oven or in a microwave oven. The lids are washed and boiled, dried. It is better to use cans for this preparation of a small volume, so that after opening the snack was eaten quickly. We lay out the lobio on the banks. We roll them up and let them cool "under the fur coat" at room temperature. We put it away for storage in a cool place. Bon appetit!