African Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp margarine or soy spread
• 2 cups carrots thinly sliced
• 12 cups boiling water
• 1 cup black-eyed peas dry
• 1 cup navy beans dry
• 1 cup green pepper diced
• 3½ tsp salt
• ⅛ tsp crushed red pepper
• 1 cup salted peanuts chopped
• 2 tbsp onion powder
• 1 tbsp basil leaves crushed
• 1½ tsp ground coriander

Procedures

1. Melt margarine in large stock pot.
2. Add carrots.
3. Cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add water, black eyed peas, navy beans, green pepper, salt, and crushed red pepper (add more water, if necessary, to cover).
5. Cook, covered, until ingredients are tender, 1½ – 2 hours.
6. Add peanuts, onion powder, basil, and coriander during last 10 – 15 minutes of cooking.
7. Taste to correct seasonings.
8. Soup should be thick.