Red kidney beans with walnuts

Ingredients:

2 cups red kidney beans

1 chopped onion

6-7 cloves of garlic

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 bunch of chopped cilantro

1 teaspoon paprikaI

red pepper (optional)

1 table spoon of salt

1. Into the pot add beans and water and half gallon of water.

2. Bring it to boil, reduce heat and cook it for 15 min.3. Discard all water, rinse beans and add the same amount of fresh cold water. Add salt.

4. Bring it to boil, reduce heat to low and cook for 2 hrs.

5. In the pen, fry chopped onions in olive oil. When onions start turning golden, start adding cooked beans. Use spoon with the holes to reduce liquid in the beans.

6. Mush them a little with the spoon of potato masher. Continue simmering.

7. Add paprika, red pepper and garlic. Mix well and continue simmering for 5 minutes.

8. Add walnuts and cilantro. Mix well. Simmer for another 3-4 minutes.

Serve warm of cold. Could be used as a separate dish as well as a garnish to meat and poultry.