Sopa de Mani (Bolivian Peanut Soup)

Ingredients

Sopa de Mani:

olive oil (or peanut oil)
1 large onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp cumin
1 lb beef, cubed
1 quart beef stock 
4 medium potatoes (cut as big or as small as you like)
1/2 cup unsalted peanuts (slightly ground up or as small as you like - smaller will result in more peanut flavor)
1/4 cup white rice
1/2 cup frozen peas
1 cup milk
parsley, to taste
salt
pepper

Llajua (Bolivian Hot Sauce):

3 ripe tomatoes 
1 red locotos chili pepper (we used a jalapeño)
2 garlic cloves
3 basil leaves
2 Tsp cilantro
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp olive oil

Instructions

Sopa de Mani:

1. Add oil to a large pot and heat over medium. Cook onion and garlic with oregano and cumin.
2. When onions are softened, add beef, stock, potato, and peanuts. Simmer gently until potatoes are just tender. I cooked this soup on super low for about 1 1/2 hours.
3. Add rice, milk and peas and serve after about 20 minutes.
4. Serve with Llajua.

Llajua:

1. Quarter the Chili pepper & the garlic.
2. Take out the seeds and stuff from the tomato. Tomato guts are too wet and acidic for this recipe. Remove seeds from chili pepper if you want to make it more mild.
3. Grab some cilantro and basil.
4. Put everything in a blender along with the olive oil and salt.
5. Puree and pour into little serving dishes.

Notes: I was too lazy to try to capture good photos of this recipe, and didn't get any of it after I added the hot sauce. I cubed my potatoes. I think if I make this again I either quarter the potatoes as the source did or I don't cook them quite as long. I enjoyed the tenderness of the beef but I think the potatoes were overdone. Also, my hot sauce didn't have much kick to it so next time I would go for a hotter pepper or leave the seeds in. Still, I like this better than the Argentine beef stew I tried from the Global Table Adventure blog. We've made several recipes from this blog, but this was the first time we also tried the recommended dessert: Leche Asada (Baked Milk Custard). 

Source: 

Sopa de Mani: Global Table Adventure

Llajua: Global Table Adventure