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     Title: Bulgarian Red Pepper Stew
Categories: Digest, Lacto
     Yield: 1 servings

   1/2 c  Dried lentils
   1/2 c  Dried navy pea beans (small
          - white beans)
     2 lg Onions; chopped
     6 md Red bell peppers; seeded and
          - chopped
     2 ts Dried basil
     1 ts Dried marjoram
   1/4 ts Dried thyme
   1/4 ts Cayenne; to taste
 1 1/2 ts Paprika
   1/4 ts Salt
   1/8 ts Ground black pepper
     3 c  Vegetable stock (2 cans);
          up to 3 1/2 c
     1 cn Prune juice (6 oz)
   1/4 c  Dry red wine (optional)
     2 tb Dry sherry (optional)
   1/4 c  Tomato paste
          Plain nonfat yogurt (optional)
          Fresh parsley

 Cover lentils and navy beans with plenty of water and soak 4 hours or
 overnight.  Drain. In a large nonstick saucepan, saute onions in
 sherry or red wine or stock until soft (5  minutes) Stir in bell
 pepper and saute 5 minutes more.  Add basil, marjoram, thyme,
 cayenne, paprika and cayenne, saute another few minutes. Pour in
 remaining stock, wine or sherry. Add drained lentils and beans.
 Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer gently about 1 1/2 hours
 or until beans are soft.  Mix in tomato paste, prune juice, salt and
 pepper to taste.  Cook for several minutes more. If the stew seems
 too thick, add more stock or water. Serve garnished with yogurt and
 chopped parsley.

 From: [email protected] (Maureen O'Halloran)
 Fatfree Digest [Volume 1 Issue 1] June 22, 1994

 Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, [email protected]
 Slightly adapted from _Sundays at Moosewood_ cookbook.

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