MAKE YOUR OWN BEAN MIX SOUP WITH THIS GOOD HABIT IN THE KITCHEN

Whenever you go to the supermarket to buy dried macaroni or beans, save a few tablespoons of it in another jar. Sooner or later, you would have a good mix of beans for a bean soup.

From a 1952 issue of The Workbasket, scanned by thingsyourgrandmotherknew.blogspot.com

These bean mixes make very thoughtful gifts as well.

INGREDIENTS :

• 13-bean soup mix - 1/2 cup
• Mixed vegetables - 1/2 cup
• Potato - 1 medium
• Chopped Spinach - 1/2 cup
• Tomato - 1 medium
• Onion - 1 medium
• Ginger/Garlic Paste - 1 tsp
• G.Chillies - 2
• Black Pepper-corns - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
• Lemon juice - 2 tsps
• Corriander leaves - a handful (chopped)

DIRECTIONS :

• Soak the 13-bean soup mix for a few hours and pressure cook them along with chopped tomatoes, water, salt and diced potatoes.
• Dry roast the pepper corns and cumin seeds and make them to a powder using blender.
• When the beans are cooked, mash a portion of it and mix together well with the remaining beans.
• Cook the mixed vegetables in microwave with a pinch of salt and set aside.
• Heat a tsp oil in a pan, fry the sliced onions along with ginger and garlic paste until brown. Also add the fresh corriander leaves and fry for a few seconds.
• Add this to the bean mixture along with the cooked mixed vegetables, chopped spinach and minced g.chillies. Cover and cook for 5 mins.
• Add the pepper/cumin powder and boil for 2 more mins.
• Finally add lemon juice and remove from heat.

Serve with toasted Bread rolls or bread slices.