Philosopher’s Black Eye salad
(from BlueFinger’s recipe box)
quantities given are enough for herd of buffalo.
Even 1/3 to 1/4 is too much.
Source: David Chalmers 'The Conscious Mind'
Categories: beans, cold, salad, summer, vegetarian
Ingredients
- 12 cups of dried black-eye beans
- 2 diced red capsicum
- 5 diced green capsicum
- 2 diced large onions
- 3 cups raisins
- 1 bunch chopped coriander leaf
- 1 diced Granny Smith apple
- 1.5 cups corn oil
- 0.75 cups wine vinegar
- 1T salt
- 4T black pepper
- 5T curry powder
- 0.5T ground cloves
Directions
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If time, soak beans to speed cooking. (If you soak them overnight, they’ll only take about 20-30mins to cook)
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Cook beans in boiling water with 4T salt, until tender.
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Immerse in cold water.
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Mix oil, vinegar, spices to make dressing.
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Combine w capsicums, onions, raisins, apple & coriander in bowl. [NB: it’s good to soak the raisins in hot water first, to plump them up]
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Add beans, mix
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Serve chilled.