Beet & Potato Salad With Black Beans
3 large beets: remove tops and roots, wash
4 medium red potatoes: wash and remove eyes
1 1/2 cups cooked black beans
2 carrots: chop finely
4 to 5 mushrooms: clean and slice
1/2 cup black olives: slice in thirds
1/2 onion: chopped
2 cloves garlic: grated
1 inch turmeric root: grated
1 slice ginger root: grated
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves: cleaned and removed from stems
one sprig fresh basil leaves: cleaned and removed from stems
1 T vegenaise
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Cut off tops and roots of beets; scrub. Scrub and eye potatoes. Place in pressure cooker on steamer rack with 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon dill and 1 teaspoon cumin. Cook in pressure cooker 20 minutes and let cool naturally until pressure is released. Meanwhile, chop carrots and onion, clean cilantro and basil and remove leaves, discarding stems. Slice olives. Clean and slice mushrooms. Place all in salad bowl with black beans; grate in ginger, garlic and turmeric root. Stir. When potatoes and beets are done, remove from cooker with tongs and hold with fork to dice; add to bowl. Stir in vegenaise, olive oil and vinegar. Salt to taste.
Serve salad with whole wheat toast and cooked beet greens; wash and chop greens, cutting stems into one inch lengths and chopping greens. Cook in about 1/2 cup water about 15 minutes while beets and potatoes cook.
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this sounds delish...question: where does one get fresh turmeric root? I've never heard of it. If you have to go to a specialty or ethnic grocery I'm out of luck on that...
I live in Tacoma, Washington [USA.] I had never seen turmeric root until I was in a local "health foods" deli [Marlene's Deli] last summer and came across turmeric roots. About the size of ginger roots with smaller diameter: the initial ones I bought were the size and shape of fingers,[sinister, huh?] and orange. The grocer said they get them from Hawaii. [I've been wondering if they can be grown, perhaps indoors?] Anyway, they can be grated with a palm-sized grater and have a creamy, fresh, pleasant taste. When they go out of season I just use turmeric powder, but it isn't the same. I wish the local grocery would carry it. You might try "rooting around" on the Internet to find it. I don't know if it would stand up to mail ordering.
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