Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

500 gr black beans
1,900 ml water
18 gr salt
120 gr onion
140 gr green pepper
100 gr celery
130 gr carrots
120 ml olive oil
6 garlic
6 gr cumin
20 ml vinegar
5 ml soy sauce

Instructions

Simmer beans in water till soft. Saute onions, pepper, celery & carrots in olive oil til the onions turn golden brown. Add garlic, cumin, vinegar & soy sauce. Cook, stirring for 3 minutes. Drain about half c water from beans & add it to the saute. Cook over a low heat for 30 minutes. Combine vegetables with beans. Cook for another 30 minutes, adding more water if necessary. Joel Rapp, "Mother Nature's Vegetarian Feasts"