Green Kern Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups green kern
2 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon salt
1 medium onion, peeled and minced
1 garlic clove, peeled and minced
1 carrot, peeled and diced
pepper, to taste
2 quarts stock (use vegetable broth for vegan or vegetarian) or 2 quarts broth (use vegetable broth for vegan or vegetarian)

Preparation

Soak kern overnight; drain well.
Add water and salt; simmer until tender, about 8 hours.
Add onion, garlic, carrot and pepper after two hours of cooking.
Add soup stock from time to time as the water evaporates.
Add any remaining stock at the end of cooking.