Healthy And Easy Homemade Black Bean Soup Recipe

Ingredients

    1 can of black beans, drained and rinsed
    2 1/2 cups of spinach, chopped
    Salt to taste

For  Kootu Masala

    2 1/2 tsp chana dal (split bengal gram)
    1 tsp toor dal (split red gram)
    1 tsp urad dal (split black gram)
    5 red chillies
    Asafoetida powder (hing), a pinch
    1/4 cup dry, grated coconut

For Seasoning

    2 tsp vegetable oil
    1 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
    Asafoetida powder (hing), a pinch
 
Directions

    In a deep pan, boil spinach with a little water and salt.

    When the spinach is half cooked, add 3/4 of the black beans.

    Roast the masala ingredients: the dals first, until brown, then the chillies and coconut. Grind all these with a little hing and water into a coarse paste.

    Add the kootu masala to the spinach and beans.

    Grind the remaining black beans into a coarse paste and add this to the soup along with 1 cup of water.

    For seasoning, heat the oil in a small pan. Add the hing and mustard seeds. When the seeds start popping, pour it over the soup and stir. Add salt as needed.

    Let the soup come to a boil.

    Serve the black bean soup hot with hot rice and a little ghee (clarified butter).