🇭🇺 Hungarian Bean Soup (Bab Leves)

🧾 Ingredients:

• 300 g dried beans (soaked overnight) or 2 cans cooked beans
• 1 smoked sausage (kolbász), sliced (optional)
• 1 small onion (chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 2 tbsp oil or lard
• 1 tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika
• 1 carrot (sliced)
• 1 parsley root or potato (optional, diced)
• 1 tomato (chopped) or 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1–1.2 liters water or broth
• 1 tbsp flour (optional, for thickening)
• 100 ml sour cream (optional)
• Salt and black pepper (to taste)
• Fresh parsley (for garnish)