BAKED POTATOES WITH MIDDLE EASTERN BEANS AND GREENS
Ingredients
- 2 baking potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- thinly sliced
- 200g/7oz chard
- cut into 2cm/¾in strips (thick stalks 1cm/½in)
- 400g tin cannellini beans
- drained
- ½ tsp cumin seeds or ground cumin
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- to serve
- 100g/3½oz Greek yoghurt
- 1½ tbsp tahini
- ½ garlic clove
- crushed
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
- Bake the potatoes for 1½ hours
- or until tender.
- Meanwhile
- heat the oil in a lidded frying pan over a medium heat. Add the garlic and chard. Stir and season
- then add 50ml/2fl oz water.
- Place a lid on the pan
- turn down the heat and cook for 3–4 minutes
- stirring halfway through. Stir in the beans and cumin
- cover and cook until the stalks are tender
- adding a dash more water if needed.
- Meanwhile
- to make the dressing
- mix together the ingredients with a pinch of salt and set aside.
- Split each baked potato in half
- top with the beans and chard
- a squeeze of lemon juice and drizzle over the dressing.

