Spicy Cabbage and Bean Soup

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Spicy Cabbage and Bean Soup

 

3/4 cup white, pinto or favorite dried beans

1 cup frozen lima beans, thawed

2 tbsps. butter

1 medium onion, chopped

1 medium leek, chopped

1 stick celery, chopped

2 tbsps. plain flour

8 cups vegetable stock

pinch cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp. sugar

1/4 tsp. ground saffron

1 small yam, in small dices

3 cups shredded cabbage

2 tbsps. chopped fresh coriander or cilantro

 

Place beans in bowl, cover with water, cover, stand overnight; drain. Add

lima beans to pan of boiling water, simmer, uncovered, 5 mins; drain, rinse

under cold water. Heat butter in pan, add onion, leek and celery, cook,

covered, stirring occasionally, about 10 mins or until vegetables are soft. Add

flour, cook, stirring, until mixture is dry and grainy. Remove from heat,

gradually stir in stock, pepper, sugar and saffron. Stir over heat until mixture

boils and thickens, add beans, simmer, covered, about 50 mins or until beans

are tender. Add lima beans, yam and cabbage, simmer, uncovered, about 10 mins or

until yam is tender; stir in coriander.