Black Bean Soup With Mojo Recipe
This Soup with Mojo is a wholesome, flavourful soup perfect for quick, delicious and light meals.
Black Bean Soup with Mojo is a wholesome, flavourful soup perfect for quick, light meals. The Cuban inspired Mojo sauce adds a zesty, garlicky flavour to the soup. You can use any vegetables of choice. In fact this is a great recipe to use up leftover vegetables lurking in your fridge. Adjust the amount of ingredients in the Mojo sauce to suit your taste
Serve Black Bean soup with Mojo on its own or with baked Tortilla chips for a delicious light meal.
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2 Servings
Ingredients
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For the black bean soup
- 1 cup Black beans , soaked in water for 7-8 hours
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 cloves Garlic , minced
- 1 Onion , chopped
- 1 Tomato , chopped
- 1 Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum) , chopped
- 1 Carrot (Gajjar) , peeled and chopped
- 2 teaspoons Cumin powder (Jeera)
- 2 teaspoons Dried oregano , or fresh leaves
- 2 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes , or black pepper powder
- Coriander (Dhania) Leaves , as required or oregano leaves for garnish (optional)
- Salt , to taste For the mojo sauce
- 3 tablespoons Lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons Fresh orange juice
- 1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 5 cloves Garlic , grated or finely crushed
- 1 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
- 3 teaspoons Dried oregano , or fresh one
- 1/2 teaspoon Red Chilli flakes , or black pepper powder
- Salt , to taste
How to make Black Bean Soup With Mojo Recipe
To begin making the black bean soup with Mojo sauce first cook beans till they become soft. You can either pressure cook them or cook them in a saucepan on the stove top.
In a saucepan, heat the oil. Add garlic and onion. Sauté till the onion becomes translucent.
Add capsicum and carrot. Stir and cook covered for 2-3 minutes.
Add some water if required. Add the tomatoes, beans, cumin, oregano, chilli flakes and salt.
Add some water and bring it to a boil. Mash some of the beans with a ladle to thicken the soup. (You can blend some beans in a food processor if you want a thick soup)
Serve in individual bowls, topped with a spoonful of mojo sauce and garnished with herbs.
For the mojo sauce: Whisk together all the ingredients and use as required.
Serve Black Bean soup with Mojo on its own or with baked Tortilla chips for a delicious light meal.
