This low-fat, tasty salad is very popular in Ukraine during fast. Either cooked or canned haricot beans can be used.
Ingredients
Boiled beetroot 500 g
White haricot beans 300 g
Prunes 250 g
Vegetable oil 100 g
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Stages of cooking
1
Put the raw white haricot beans in 2 liters of cold water for 8 hrs. The haricot beans should soak and triple in size. Pour off the water 8 hrs later.
2
Put the haricot beans into the pot, cover with 1 liter of cold water, and cook through (approximately 60 mins). Add some water if necessary. Cool the haricot beans.
3
Dice or grate coarsely the beetroot.
4
Chop the prunes. Combine all the ingredients. Season the salad with salt and pepper to taste.
5
Dress the salad with vegetable oil, put it into salad bowl and decorate with herbs.
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