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Rainbow Salad

Country of origin: England
A brightly coloured, fresh, crunchy salad for a picnic or party.

Ingredients

1	yellow capsicum
1	red capsicum
100 gms dry weight	Suma Fair Trade black beans
100 gms dry weight	Suma Fair Trade aduki beans
120 gm	frozen peas
120 gm	frozen sweetcorn
2 bunches	English spring onions
30 ml	Zaytoun Palestinian FAIRTRADE Olive Oil
1	FAIRTRADE lemon
1 small	green chili pepper
FAIRTRADE	Sources Fresh food Lemons Pulses Herbs and Spices Olive Oil

Method

Preparation
Soak the beans (separately) overnight in plenty of cold water.
Juice the lemon. Mix in the oil, salt and papper to taste. Put to one side.
De-frost the peas and corn by covering them with warm water in a bowl. Once unfrozen, drain well.
De-pith the capsicum and chop into pea sized pieces.
Top and tail, and skin the spring onions and then chop into pea sized roundlets. Trim, de-seep and chop the chili pepper very finely .
Cooking
Cook the beans in the normal way and discard the cooking liquids. Allow to cool.
Assembly
Mix the beans and peas and sweetcorn in a mixing bowl.
Add the capsicums, spring onion and chili and turn.
Pour in the lemony oil and turn.
Chill for 1 hour.
To serve
Turn into a serving bowl and serve with "doorsteps" of wholemeal bread.
Variation
Finely chopped celery can be included.
5 ml chili powder can be used if no fresh chili is available.

Omit the lemony oil dressing, especially if you want the rainbow salad to last more than one meal. An alternative dressing such as Zingy Dressing can be served separately.