Butter Bean Salsa

Aaah Butter Beans, I just love the delicate flavour of these beans.   Sometimes I cook them in a curry or add it to a rice dish (my Spinach and Butter Bean Rice) and then there are times I just want to enjoy the natural flavour and the best way to do this, is, incorporating them into a salsa.  These beauties are available throughout the year, dry or canned.  I normally just pressure the dry beans until soft but also keep a few cans handy.  I find that combining my Butter Beans Salsa to veggie burgers and sandwiches immediately transforms something from blah into “Blah di Good” 🙂  Not only do these beans offer a low cholesterol, high fibre and good protein but flavour as well.  Now how awesome is this.  Recipe is follow:

Butter Bean Salsa

1 cup (250ml) cooked Butter beans

1 large plum tomato finely chopped

1 small green pepper chopped -½ cup (125ml)

½ cup (125ml) finely chopped onion

¼ cup black olive cut into small pieces

½ cup (125ml) finely chopped fresh coriander leaves

½ cup (125ml) fresh basil leaves roughly torn

2-3 green chillies finely diced

1 disk Feta cheese (optional)

30ml olive oil

1 tbsp (15ml) fresh lemon juice

¼ tsp minced garlic

1 tsp honey or brown sugar

½ tsp mango powder

Salt & pepper to season

Lets get this salsa going 😉

Mix all ingredients in a bowl.  Toss to infuse the flavours. Partially smash a small portion of the salsa, using the back end of a fork.

Serve as a side dish at a braai or as a topping on sandwiches or Veggie burgers.