Monday, 25 January 2010

Black Bean and Corn Salad

This fabulous salad is great warm or cold and goes beautifully with fish, chicken, tofu, lasagne etc... make it just before eating or the day before to allow flavours to develop.
Ingredients:
2 tblsp virgin olive oil
1 garlic clove crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1 medium red pepper finely diced
200g canned corn (use good quality and drain and wash if salted)
100g black beans (follow brand instructions for soaking and cooking)
1/2 cup roughly chopped coriander
1/4 cup roughly chopped mint
1 tblsp pomegranate molasses
1 finely chopped chipolte chilli
Method:
saute in olive oil on moderate heat the garlic, red pepper, chilli and cumin for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and mix through the corn and black beans. Put everything into a serving bowl and add molasses and herbs and mix thoroughly. Serve immediately or refridgerate.

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