Black Bean Soup - Meat Free Monday

Ingredients

• 250 g dried black beans
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 red onion
• 1 red pepper
• 2- 3 large chillies
• 1 celery stick
• 300 ml vegetable stock
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper corns
• 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
• ½ teaspoon chilli powder
• 40 g/3 or 4 chunks of plain dark chocolate (optional)
• coriander leaves
• yoghurt (e.g. plant-based plain yoghurt) or olive oil