Black turtle beans and long grain rice. Fagioli neri e riso a grana lunga.
Surely NOT a quick recipe… but healthy, that is for sure.
I am not a doctor nor a nutrition expert, but I have read that beans provide you with tons of proteins, with little or no fat. Therefore I have decided to reintroduce them into my diet as a substitute of meat from time to time.
I drew some inspiration for this dish from the Brazilian recipe called Feijoada. The (big) difference – taste and nutrition wise – is that the beans are cooked with meat in that recipe. I’ll surely try it some day!
IN ENGLISH:
To prepare this dish, a lot of time and patience are required, even though you won’t have to do much.
First of all you need to soak the beans in water for 8 to 12 hours. Usually for a part of beans you should add 5 parts of water.
When ready, drain them.
In a pot, fry some garlic, one sliced onion, some cumin and chilli flakes in olive oil for few minutes;
then add the beans and after 1 minute add water ( for 1 part of beans 2 parts of water – if necessary add stock water while cooking).
Then also add paprika, 1 can of tomato sauce, the juice of one lemon, mint leaves.
Cook for 3 hours ( over low heat ) or more if needed, and stir occasionally.
Serve with long grain rice.
IN ITALIANO:
Per preparare questo piatto avrete bisogno di tempo e pazienza.
Mettere in acqua per 8 o 12 ore i fagioli. Per 1 parte di fagioli, 5 parti di acqua.
Scolarli.
Soffriggere in una pentola dai bordi alti una cipolla a fettine, 1 o 2 spicchi d’aglio, cumino, peperoncino con olio d’oliva;
dopo qualche minuto aggiungere i fagioli, dopo un altro minuto aggiungere del acqua ( per una parte di fagioli utilizzare 2 parti d’acqua – aggiungere del brodo durante la cottura se necessario ).
Aggiungere paprika, salsa di pomodoro, il succo di un limone e menta.
Cuocere per circa 3 ore a fuoco lento e mescolare di tanto in tanto.
Servire con riso a grana lunga.
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Feijoada with several accompaniments: rice cassava fried, crackling Orange caipirinha, among others. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Conosco la Fejoada,ma il nostro scopo e’ sostituire la carne,vero?
Mi piace tanto la tua ricetta e la proverò senz’altro!
Si esatto! Anche se confesso che non vedo l’ora di provare anche la versione con salsicce ^_^
Thanks for the link! Nice recipe.
XO,
Gina
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