Jani me Fasule (Bean Jahni Soup)

Ingredients

• •2 cups dry white beans
• •1/2 cup chopped onion
• •1/2 cup olive oil
• •2 tablespoons tomato sauce
• •1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• •1 tablespoon chopped mint
• •Salt, chili powder

Directions

1. 1Boil beans in hot water in an uncovered pot for 5 minutes. Rinse and boil for another 15 minutes in a covered pot in 3 cups hot water.
2. 2Sautee onion in olive oil until it turns yellow. Add 2 tablespoons bean stock from the pot along with tomato sauce, parsley, salt and chili powder for taste. Cook for 10 minutes or until a thick sauce is formed, then pour everything into the pot.
3. 3Add chopped mint, cover tightly and cool for 2 hours over low heat, or for 30 minutes in a pressure cooker.
4. 4This should produce a thick juice, covering beans by an inch or so. Serve hot.