Mealie and sugar-bean soup Recipe

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Mealie and sugar-bean soup

500 ml dried sugar beans, soaked in cold water overnight

1 onion, finely chopped

30 ml chopped fresh thyme

15 ml chopped fresh rosemary

10 ml dried chilli flakes

1.5 litres cold water

500 ml fresh green mealie kernels

(To taste) salt and freshly ground black pepper

60 ml chopped fresh parsley

Wash and drain the soaked sugar beans, then add to a large saucepan along with the onion, thyme, rosemary and chilli flakes.
Cover with a litre of the cold water and bring to the boil.
Once boiling, turn down the heat and simmer for 1 hour, topping up with extra water if necessary. Don’t let the beans boil dry.
After an hour, add the mealie kernels and the remaining 500 ml water and cook for another 45 minutes.
Season to taste and serve in large bowls with fresh parsley sprinkled on top.

Extracted from Simply Delicious by Zola Nene (Struik Lifestyle). Photographs: © Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd / Dawie Verwey.