Bean Porridge

Recipe By:
Sonali
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  • Level Medium

This is a simple dish made by boiling beans, cultures as a food to nurse the sick back to health.
 

Ingredients

  • 1 pint black beans
  • 2 tablespoons chopped onion
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 quarts cold water or soup stock
  • 1 hard-cooked egg yolk
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 tablespoon fat
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Directions

  1. 1. Wash beans and soak overnight in water to cover. Drain and rinse.
  2. 2. When ready to cook add onion, celery, salt and cloves, and cover with cold water or soup stock.
  3. 3. Boil slowly until beans are soft.
  4. 4. Rub through a strainer.
  5. 5. Add sufficient stock or water to make the consistency of a thick cream.
  6. 6. Mash the egg yolk with pepper and mustard and stir into soup mixture.
  7. 7. Cook flour and fat until a golden brown, thin with a little stock and stir into soup.
  8. 8. Cook for 5 minutes, thinning with water if necessary.
  9. 9. A teaspoon of cooking sherry may be added.