Five bean soup Recipe

Ingredients

• ½ cups Navy beans; dried
• ½ cups Lima beans; white dried
• ½ cups Chick peas; dried (garbanzo)
• ½ cups Red beans; dried (kidney be)
• ½ cups Black beans; dried
• 3½ cups Water; or beef stock
• Salt
• 2 tablespoon Vegetable oil
• 1 Onion; chopped
• 2 tablespoon Dry sherry
• 3 Cl Garlic; minced
• 1 Green bell pepper; cored, seeded
• 1 Carrot; diced
• 1 Celery; diced
• 1½ teaspoon Cumin; ground
• 1 teaspoon Coriander seeds; coarsely ground
• 1 teaspoon Orange peel; grated
• ¼ teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
• ¼ teaspoon Red pepper flakes; dried (optional)
• Rice; freshly cooked (optional)
• Sour cream; or yogurt
• Cilantro; fresh, chopped