Preparation
First
soak white beans in water overnight.
Throw remained water and pour new water in pot with beans. Bring it
to boil and cook for 1 minute. Throw out the water from cooking.
In pressure cook put kombu, add beans, 5 cups of water and cook under
pressure without any seasoning for 15 minutes. In the beginning cook
on high flame, and after 3 minutes, make the it lower.
Cut
onion on half moon shapes, leek, carrot and parsley on round slices.
After 15 minutes, put cooker under cold water and after steam goes out,
open it. Add all vegetables, salt, crushed garlic, red chili and turmeric
powder, tomato juice, and if have sweet red pepper cut on slices.
Put back soup on fire and when you bring it to pressure cook another
5 minutes on mild flame.
If there is too much water in soup, cook without lid for few minutes
more on strong fire.
