My Mother’s Comforting Bean Soup

Name: My Mother’s Comforting Bean Soup
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Bulgarian
Ingredients: ½ tablespoon chopped parsley; 400 g (14 oz) butter beans (lima beans), shop-bought or cooked; 2 teaspoons paprika; ½ green (bell) pepper, finely chopped; 1 small carrot, finely chopped; olive oil, for frying; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon tomato purée (paste) or 3 tablespoons chopped tomatoes (it’s just for taste); 1 teaspoon coconut sugar; 500 ml (17 fl oz / 2 cups) water; 1 teaspoon dried mint; ½ tablespoon chopped thyme; pink Himalayan salt and black pepper, to taste; Super Bread or good-quality shop-bought bread, optional; a handful of rocket (arugula), optional

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Happy Vegan Food

By Bettina Campolucci Bordi

Published 2022

About

This soup is something I remember having when I was growing up. My grandmother was an amazing cook and passed on her skills to my mother, who in turn would make this particular soup during a Bulgarian holiday called Badni Vecher. It is a pre-Christmas tradition that has stuck with me ever since.