Cherokee Bean Balls
Source of Recipe
"Nana" to Bubbe & Alex
2 cups Brown pinto beans
4 cups Cornmeal
1/2 cup Flour
1 teaspoon Soda
Boil beans in plain water until tender. Put cornmeal, flour and soda in largemixing bowl. Mix well. Add boiling beans and some of the juice to the cornmealmixture to form a stiff dough. Roll in balls and drop in pot of boiling hot
water. Let cook for 30 minutes at slow boil