Jani Me Fasule - Albanian White Bean Soup (vegan)

Step 1

Soak the beans overnight, rinse them and cook them in unsalted water until soft. This takes more or less than an hour, depending on the beans.

Step 2

Finely chop the onion, bell pepper, and carrot.

Step 3

Heat olive oil in a pot and sauté the veggies on low to medium heat until they are soft and the onions are translucent.

Step 4

Then add the tomato paste, oregano, and paprika powder. Stir.

Step 5

Next add the flour, stir, and cook for about 1 minute.

Step 6

Now it’s time to add the vegetable stock powder, water, the bay leaf as well as salt and some pepper. Also, add the beans at this point.

Step 7

Cook for about 30 minutes and maybe season with pepper and some more salt.

Step 8

Serve with some fresh bread.