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