Green Beans in Oil

Ingredients

• 2 dry onions
• 5 crushed garlic cloves
• whole uncrushed garlic cloves
• 1 kilogram fresh green beans
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 kilogram ripe red tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste or tomato sauce
• salt
• black pepper
• hot pepper or chili to taste

Method

1. Chop the onions and fry them in a little vegetable oil in the pot until they soften. Add the crushed garlic and leave a few whole garlic cloves uncrushed; the number depends on your preference.
2. Add the cleaned and washed green beans and stir. Reduce the heat, add 1/2 cup water, and let the mixture simmer on low heat.
3. Meanwhile, peel and chop about 1/2 kilogram of ripe red tomatoes. When the beans are close to done, add the chopped tomatoes on top with a sprinkle of salt, black pepper, hot pepper or chili to taste, and two tablespoons of tomato paste.
4. Let the mixture cook over low heat until all the ingredients are tender.
5. You can add a tablespoon of lemon juice to taste a few minutes before removing the green beans in oil from the heat.
6. Serve the green beans in oil with cucumber, green pepper, onion, cucumber salad, and yogurt.