Recipe ingredients
- 1/2 kg, 16 oz, dried or fresh lima beans, soaked in water for one night
- 400 g, 14 oz, stewing meat, cubed
- 2 cups tomato juice
- 3 tablespoons shortening or butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
- A dash of ground allspice
- 6 cloves garlic, crushed with 1/2 cup finely chopped coriander
Recipe method
- Fry meat with 1 tablespoon of shortening until golden brown.
- Put meat in a generous quantity of water in a pot.
- Cook over medium heat for 2 hours.
- Cook beans in double its amount of salted water.
- Remove and drain.
- Fry beans in the remaining shortening for 3 minutes.
- Add meat, meat stock, tomato juice, salt and allspice.
- Cover and cook for 30 minutes. Add water if necessary.
- Fry coriander and garlic till fragrant for 2 minutes.
- Add to beans mixture.
- Cook for 1 minute.
- Serve beans hot, accompanied with cooked rice.
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