Sour Soup with Dry Beans

Description
In Romanian: Borş de fasole boabe

Ingredients

 * 3 qts / 3 l water
 * ½ lb / 250 g dry beans
 * 1 onion
 * 1 carrot
 * 1 parsley root
 * ½ teaspoon flour
 * 2 tablespoons oil
 * borş (to taste)
 * chopped parsley and dill
 * salt

Directions

 * 1) Pick over, wash and presoak (in tepid water) the beans, the night before.
 * 2) Set to boil and after the initial first boil, change the water and set to boil again in tepid water.
 * 3) Repeat this procedure three times.
 * 4) To the last water, besides the beans, add onion, carrot, parsley root and salt.
 * 5) Cover the pot and let boil until the beans are tender.
 * 6) Remove the vegetables and add a mixture made by fried flour in oil, boiled borş (to taste) and chopped parsley and dill.
 * 7) Let boil for a couple of minutes more.