Oriental Bean Salad with Mint
Oriental bean salad with mint is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the vegetable salad category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 500 g large dried white beans
- 4 Garlic cloves
- 125 ml olive oil
- 2 bunches spring onions
- 1 small celery stalk
- 1 lemon
- Salt
- 3 bunches dill
- 1 bunch fresh mint
Instructions
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1.
Soak the beans overnight in 1.5 l cold water. The next day, let the beans steep in their soaking water with unpeeled garlic cloves and 2 tbsp olive oil over gentle heat for 2 hours, but do not boil.
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2.
Clean and wash spring onions, cut white and light green parts into rings. Clean celery, wash, de-pear, and slice thinly. Peel lemon, cut zest into fine strips, then squeeze the juice.
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3.
Drain beans in a sieve. Squeeze the soft interior from garlic cloves and mix with remaining olive oil, salt, and lemon juice. Finely chop dill and mint.
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4.
Combine warm beans with spring onions, celery, chopped herbs, and the oil-lemon dressing. Mix well and marinate for at least 2 hours. Serve garnished with lemon zest.
