Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew
Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pressed barley, tomato and bean stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pressed barley, tomato and bean stew using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew:
  1. Get 80 grams Pressed barley
  2. Prepare 1 can Chopped tomatoes
  3. Take 100 grams Beans (pre-cooked mixed beans are easiest)
  4. Take 1/2 Onion
  5. Make ready 1 small carrot
  6. Make ready 2 Green peppers
  7. Get 2 Soup stock cubes
  8. Get 800 ml Water (sounds like a lot, but it'll evaporate)
  9. Get 1 Salt and pepper
  10. Prepare 1 to garnish, if available Daikon radish sprouts
Steps to make Pressed Barley, Tomato and Bean Stew:
  1. Soak the pressed barley in water for 20-30 minutes.
  2. Mince the onion, carrot and bell peppers. I sometimes add ginger and garlic.
  3. Add the oil to a pan, and lightly sauté the minced vegetables.
  4. Add water and gently simmer the vegetables. Drain the pressed barley, and the soup stock cubes.
  5. Simmer for 20 minutes, and it should look like this.
  6. Add the canned chopped tomatoes If using canned whole tomatoes, mash up a bit before adding.
  7. This time, I used 50 g each of frozen mixed beans and green peas.
  8. Add the frozen beans to the soup and simmer for about 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to finish.
  9. Garnish the soup with daikon radish sprouts, or similar.

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