BAKED POTATOES WITH MIDDLE EASTERN BEANS AND GREENS
BAKED POTATOES WITH MIDDLE EASTERN BEANS AND GREENS
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.