Cookbook:Bean Jahni Soup

| Soups | Cuisine of Albania

Bean Jahni soup, Jani me fasule, is an Albanian dish of bean soup.

Ingredients

 * 2 cups of dry white beans
 * ½ cup chopped onions
 * ½ cup olive oil
 * 2 tablespoons tomato sauce
 * 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
 * 1 tablespoon chopped mint
 * Salt
 * Chile powder

Preparation

 * 1) Boil beans in hot water in an uncovered pot for 5 minutes. Rinse and boil for another 15 minutes in a covered stock pot in 3 cups hot water.
 * 2) Sauté onion in olive oil until it turns yellow. Add 2 tablespoons bean stock from the pot along with tomato sauce, parsley, salt and chili powder for taste. Cook for 10 minutes or until a thick sauce is formed, then pour everything into the pot.
 * 3) Add chopped mint, cover tightly and cook for 2 hours over low heat, or for 30 minutes in a pressure cooker. This should produce a thick juice, covering beans by &frac12; inch (1.5 cm). Serve hot.