Red Rice, Sweet Potato and Butter Bean Salad Recipe

Red Rice, Sweet Potato and Butter Bean Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup boiled red rice
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• salt as required
• 1 cup boiled, soaked overnight lima beans
• black pepper as required
• 1 cubed sweet potato
• 4 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 lemon
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1 handful rocket leaves

For Dressing :

• 1 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard

Recipe :

• Step 1 Roast sweet potato and cherry tomatoes

  To make this amazing dish, cut the sweet potato in cubes and roast in the oven for 40 minutes. Take out when done and then roast for 5 more minutes for the crispiness. Next, cut the cherry tomatoes in half and drizzle 1-2 tbsp of olive oil over them with salt to taste. Roast in the oven till they are tender.

• Step 2 Make the salad dressing

  To make the salad dressing, take a small bowl and mix together 1 tbsp olive oil with dijon mustard, red wine vinegar oregano and salt to taste. You can also add lemon juice and herb salt in it. Keep this dressing aside.

• Step 3 Mix red rice with the dressing

  Take a bowl and fill it with boiled red rice. Add roasted sweet potato and cherry tomatoes in it along with some rocket leaves and pour the red wine dressing over it. Toss well all the ingredients and keep it in the refrigerator to chill.

• Step 4 Saute lima beans

  Put a pan over medium flame and add the remaining olive oil in it. Quickly add crushed garlic and saute for a few seconds until the raw smell goes away. Next, add the boiled lima beans in it and saute for 5-7 minutes with salt and black pepper to taste.

• Step 5 Assemble the salad

  Finally, when lima beans are done, take out the red rice salad and make some space for lima beans. Place the sauteed lima beans on the side of the salad and enjoy.