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Georgian Lobio – Spiced Kidney Beans with Walnuts
Lobio is Georgia's everyday bean pot: kidney beans slow-cooked with walnuts and coriander. Fully plant-based and packed with fibre — 14 g per serving.
- Total
- 70 min
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Calories · per serving
- 340 kcal
Written by
Ecem Akkaba · Dietitian
Dietitian, graduate of İstanbul Medipol University. She develops the recipes and nutrition values on FitZen.
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In short
Georgian Lobio – Spiced Kidney Beans with Walnuts contains 340 calories per serving: 15 g protein, 44 g carbohydrate and 11 g fat. It takes 70 minutes in total and makes 4 servings.
About this recipe
Lobio is cooked in almost every Georgian household at least once a week. The name simply means "beans", and the dish shifts from region to region — soupy in some villages, close to a thick mash in others.
This version skips meat entirely; the protein comes from beans and walnuts together. The walnuts are not just for flavour — they give the pot a creamy body and a satisfying fat profile that is rich in monounsaturated fats.
The high fibre content keeps you full for hours. If you want to round the meal out further, a bowl of yoghurt alongside is all it needs.
Method
- 1
Rinse the soaked beans well, cover with fresh water by three fingers and simmer with the lid ajar for 40-45 minutes until tender. If using canned beans, drain and rinse.
- 2
Heat the olive oil in a wide pot and cook the onion over medium heat for 6-7 minutes, until the edges just start to caramelise.
- 3
Add the garlic, ground coriander seed and fenugreek and cook for one more minute — the spices should bloom, not burn.
- 4
Add the cooked beans along with 1½ cups of their cooking liquid. Season with salt and pepper and simmer gently for 15 minutes.
- 5
Mash about a third of the beans against the side of the pot with the back of a ladle. This thickens the dish without any flour.
- 6
Stir in half the walnuts and half the coriander, cook for 5 more minutes, then take off the heat.
- 7
Serve warm, topped with the remaining walnuts, fresh coriander, pomegranate seeds and red onion.
Tips
- Never cook dried beans in their soaking water. Changing it reduces the oligosaccharides that cause bloating and cleans up the flavour.
- Walnuts soften once they sit in the pot. If you like crunch, hold all of them back and scatter them on at the table.
- It tastes better the next day as the spices settle. Keeps 4 days refrigerated, 3 months frozen.
Language
- Gürcü Lobio – Cevizli Baharatlı Barbunya (Türkçe)
- Georgisches Lobio – Würzige Kidneybohnen mit Walnüssen (Deutsch)
- Lobio georgiano – Alubias rojas especiadas con nueces (Español)
- Lobio géorgien – Haricots rouges épicés aux noix (Français)
- Lobio georgiano – Fagioli rossi speziati con noci (Italiano)
- لوبيو الجورجي – فاصولياء حمراء متبّلة بالجوز (العربية)
- Lobio Georgia – Kacang Merah Berbumbu dengan Kenari (Bahasa Indonesia)
- ジョージア風ロビオ — くるみ入りスパイス煮込み赤いんげん豆 (日本語)
- โลบิโอจอร์เจีย – ถั่วแดงปรุงเครื่องเทศกับวอลนัท (ไทย)
- Lobio Georgia – Kacang Merah Berempah dengan Walnut (Bahasa Melayu)
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