Bob Chorba

Ingredients

• 400 g (2 cups) dried white beans, soaked overnight
• 1 onion, 1 carrot and 1 red pepper, diced
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• 3 tbsp sunflower oil
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika
• 1 tbsp dried mint and 1 tsp savory
• Salt

Method

1. Boil the beans 10 minutes, drain, then simmer in 2 litres (8 cups) of fresh water for 1 hour.
2. Fry the onion, carrot and pepper in the oil, add the paprika off the heat.
3. Add them to the beans with the tomatoes and simmer 25 minutes.
4. Season and add the mint and savory at the end.

Tip. Served at the Bulgarian Christmas Eve table. The dried mint is what makes it Bulgarian.