Lebanese Green Beans, Lubie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    BEANS
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    2 large onions, sliced thin
    3 garlic cloves, minced
    2 (15 ounce) cans green beans, drained
    1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon ground cumin
    salt
    TOPPING
    1/2 cup pine nuts
    3 tablespoons olive oil
    1/2 teaspoon cumin
Preparation
    In a large pot over low heat, sautee onions in olive oil with a little salt until very brown.
    To the same pan, add garlic, cumin and cinamon and sautee another 2 minutes.
    Add tomatoes in juice and cook until spice and onions have incorporated into the liquid.
    Add DRAINED green beans - cover and cook for at least 10 minutes.
    Add salt to tast.
    TOPPING While beans are cooking, toast pine nuts in a DRY sautee pan over medium heat. Be sure to turn them and watch closely as they burn quickly - about 2 minutes. Add cumin and olive oil and remove from heat.
    To serve place beans in large bowl and dirzzle pine nut mixture over the top.

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