African Bean Soup

Ingredients

 * 3 tbsp margarine or soy spread
 * 2 cups carrots thinly sliced
 * 12 cups boiling water
 * 1 cup black-eyed peas dry
 * 1 cup navy beans dry
 * 1 cup green pepper diced
 * 3½ tsp salt
 * ⅛ tsp crushed red pepper
 * 1 cup salted peanuts chopped
 * 2 tbsp onion powder
 * 1 tbsp basil leaves crushed
 * 1½ tsp ground coriander

Directions

 * 1) Melt margarine in large stock pot.
 * 2) Add carrots.
 * 3) Cook for 5 minutes.
 * 4) Add water, black eyed peas, navy beans, green pepper, salt, and crushed red pepper (add more water, if necessary, to cover).
 * 5) Cook, covered, until ingredients are tender, 1½ – 2 hours.
 * 6) Add peanuts, onion powder, basil, and coriander during last 10 – 15 minutes of cooking.
 * 7) Taste to correct seasonings.
 * 8) Soup should be thick.