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Georgian Lobio

November 9, 2025

This recipe is for Georgian Lobio, a beautiful, hearty, bean dish

This is georgian lobio

Ingredients

first

  • 400g kidney beans
  • 1/2 yellow onion
  • 150g walnut
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • coriander seed, thyme, cayenne pepper, blue fenugreek
  • pomegranate juice or sour plum juice

Directions

georgian-lobio

  1. Soak beans overnight in salted water

  2. Boil for 1 hour with salt, drain and save 2 cups of liquid.

  3. Grind walnuts, mince garlic and cilantro, combine with blue fenugreek, coriander powder, cumin, pepper, paprika

  4. Saute onions until translucent, add mixture from previous step.

  5. Add acid (pomegranate juice), beans, and 1 cup bean liquid.

  6. Add lemon juice, sour plum sauce, to finish

  7. Mash beans and add liquid to achieve desired constistency

  8. Finish with fresh cilantro and lemon juice.