Another fast soup popular on the island is made of beans and called fasolada. As in the previous recipe, beans are soaked for the night, but to make fasolada Cypriots also cover them with boiling-hot water. Then mushy beans are stewed with vegetables and tomato paste.
Ingredients
Dry beans: 500 gr
Celery: 3 stalks
1 chili pepper
Garlic: 2 cloves
1 large red onion
Olive oil: 2 tablespoons
Vegetable broth: 600 ml
Salt, pepper, coriander: to taste
Cooking method
Chop all the vegetables finely and roast them in a pan, beginning with onions. Add vegetable broth and previously parboiled, slightly tender beans. Simmer for 15 minutes. Towards the end of cooking time add salt, pepper, and spices. Then whisk the soup in a blender.
