Sos pwa (bean sauce)
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| Serves | 4-6 |
| Prep time | 45 minutes |
| Cook time | 1 hour, 30 minutes |
| Total time | 2 hours, 15 minutes |
| Meal type | Soup |
Ingredients
- 2 cups dried red beans, rinsed (the redder the better!)
- Shallots, (chopped (to taste))
- 8 cups of water
- 1 cup of cubed smoked ham
- Garlic cloves, (chopped (to taste))
- Salt, black, and hot pepper to taste
- Small quantity of oil (one to two tbsp or so)
- 1 plantain banana at any stage of ripeness (optional)
Directions
| 1. | Cleanse the beans, then put them in a pot of water. Cook for about 1h30. When they are tender (the point of becoming porridge), turn off the heat |
| 2. | Remove ¾ of the beans and leave the rest in the cooking water. Reduce the ¾ in a blender to a puree. Add 4 cups of warm water to the puree. Stir well and pass through a sieve. Add the resulted liquid to the cooking water and dispose of waste |
| 3. | Reignite the fire and add salt, pepper, cloves, garlic, parsley, peeled plantain and pepper |
| 4. | In a skillet, heat 3 tablespoons oil, add the ham and shallots. Let cook for 5 minutes and pour in the beans. Reduce heat, simmer about 45 minutes |
