Gigantes plaki ( giant beans in the oven )

This dish comes from Greece and is vegan so if you are vegan and in Greece this is a good one and very easy to make.
There are many versions of this online, this one is from the BBC good food website, if you Google Gigantes plaki it is top of the list. If you can't find giant beans butter beans are just as good.
I serve this with garlic fried potatoes (see recipe on blog).

Ingredients:
The BBC recipe says 400 grams of dry beans soaked but I get giant beans in a large jar from my excellent local whole food shop called Earth natural foods on Kentish town road, they come in a jar and are quite expensive. I also use 2 tins of butter beans sometimes and they are just as good as mentioned above.
Heat oven 180/160 fan

3or 4 Tablespoons of olive oil
2 large or 3 medium onions diced
6 cloves of garlic finely chopped or crushed
2 Tablespoons of tomato paste
The BBC recipe has 800 grams of skinned tomatoes chopped but I use 2 tins of plum tomatoes and chop them in the pan
1 teaspoon sugar
2 generous teaspoons of dried Oregano
a pinch of Cinnamon
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

Heat olive oil in a large frying pan and add onions frying until softened but not browned then add garlic and tomato paste and fry for a minute or two.
Now add sugar, oregano, cinnamon and tomatoes. Chop them coarsely in the pan.
Next add the beans and parsley, which is optional. I have often made it with no parsley and it is fine with or without it. Season well and add more olive oil if you like

Pour into an oven proof dish and bake for about an hour until going brown and bubbling
As with most recipes on my blog they are extremely variable so make it with these amounts and then vary any ingredients to your taste i.e. more or less oregano or try with just one tin of beans