Green beans with olive oil

Ingredients:

50 ml olive oil
1 onion
2 carrots
500 g green beans
1/2 teaspoon of sugar
1 large tomato
1 tablespoon of tomato paste
Boiling water
Salt

Directions:

• Break the tips off the green beans and remove the strings if they have any. Cut or tear the bean pods in half. Wash in cold water.
• Dice the onion and cut the carrots into circles.
• Heat the olive oil in a pot, saute the onions, add the carrots and stir for a minute.
• Add the green beans and sugar into the pot, stir until they are boiled down.
• In a cup, dissolve the tomato paste with some warm water and pour into the pot. Cover the beans with boiling water.
• Mix in the diced tomato and cook until the beans are softened.