| 1 | Hi I used to have this cookbook for years and made the bean salad recipe to rave reviews.
I just need help with the ingredients in the dressing which was boiled then left to cool.
From memory it contained vinegar, oil, sugar, salt and water?
Many thanks aaliyah19 - 2017-11-21 19:48:00 |
| 2 | Dressing - Boil:
1 1/2 cups vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 2 dessertspoons vegetable oil,1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 teaspoons salt.
Cool and pour over bean mixture. (If you find the dressing does not cover all of the beans, mix up an extra half quantity and pour over). Refrigerate overnight before use. Is this what you need aliyah19? veejay13 - 2017-11-21 20:01:00 |
| 3 | Yes. I think it is. You are awesome.
Thank you aaliyah19 - 2017-11-21 20:17:00 |
| 4 | Bean salad
I buy cans of cooked beans for this. I try and keep 2 cans in the fridge, all the time. Dressing....
Simmer,
1 1/4 cups of malt vinegar,
1/2 cup of brown sugar,
1/2 cup of water,
1 Tbsp honey,
1 Tbsp oil,
1 1/2 tsp salt,
2 tsp soy sauce,
pepper to taste.
cool.
Pour over drained beans, try and leave the salad in the fridge a while before using. Edited by pickles7 at 11:51 am, Wed 22 Nov pickles7 - 2017-11-22 11:50:00 |
| 5 | um could we please have the whole recipe slimgym - 2017-11-23 03:23:00 |
| 6 | slimgym wrote:
um could we please have the whole recipe
Okay. Please note I have not made this myself - it is in response to OP's request, and I've copied it straight from Rally Cookbook No. 1, my copy printed in 1992. 500g mixed dried beans (soaked in water overnight): boil three-quarters hour; drain and cool.
500 gr. green beans (cook, drain, and cool).
3 Stalks celery, chopped.
3 finely chopped onions
2 tins Whole Kernel Corn, drained.
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Dressing - Boil
1 1/2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup water
2 teasp salt
2 dessertspoons vegetable oil
Cool and pour over bean mixture. (If you find the dressing does not cover the beans mix up an extra half quantity and pour over). Refrigerate overnight before use. Keeps well in Fridge and also freezes well. Variations: -
Replace 1 tin corn with 1 cup cauliflower tips (may be blanched).
Add 1 teaspoon of Garamnafala to dressing. Adjust seasoning to suit.
Add grated carrot, sliced green or red peppers, parsley, mint or thyme. The above salad is delicious and can be served with any main course meal, hot or cold or with a savoury entree. veejay13 - 2017-11-23 08:58:00 |
| 7 | Yum ! |
| 8 | Wow - that is a seriously sweet recipe. 1 1/2 cups vinegar and 1 1/2 cups sugar would nearly make jam if you let it settle long enough :)
Has anyone tried it yet? uli - 2017-11-23 11:11:00 |
| 9 | That entire recipe actually looks fairly dodgy. Dried beans, no matter how well soaked, will take longer than 3/4 hour to cook properly; surely the quantity of sugar is a typo; "Garamnafala" is either a very obscure ingredient that I don't know, or a typo for "garam masala". davidt4 - 2017-11-23 11:53:00 |
| 10 | uli wrote:
Wow - that is a seriously sweet recipe. 1 1/2 cups vinegar and 1 1/2 cups sugar would nearly make jam if you let it settle long enough :)
Has anyone tried it yet? If you read OP's post, you'll see she's made it to "rave reviews" veejay13 - 2017-11-23 13:16:00 |
| 11 | davidt4 wrote:
That entire recipe actually looks fairly dodgy. Dried beans, no matter how well soaked, will take longer than 3/4 hour to cook properly; surely the quantity of sugar is a typo; "Garamnafala" is either a very obscure ingredient that I don't know, or a typo for "garam masala". As I said at the start of the recipe, I haven't made it, but have copied it from the Rally Book at the request of a previous poster.
The amount of sugar certainly isn't my typo - it definitely says 1 1/2 cups.
As to the Garamnafala - I have no idea what it is - wondered if it was something some of you good cooks might have heard of. This is a NZ book, BTW, so must be an ingredient available here, I suppose. As a matter of interest, the recipe was subitted (for the Rally Book) by Ruth Rowe of Orewa. veejay13 - 2017-11-23 13:23:00 |
| 12 | davidt4 wrote:
That entire recipe actually looks fairly dodgy. Dried beans, no matter how well soaked, will take longer than 3/4 hour to cook properly; surely the quantity of sugar is a typo; "Garamnafala" is either a very obscure ingredient that I don't know, or a typo for "garam masala". hee hee rainrain1 - 2017-11-23 13:58:00 |
| 13 | This is a delicious salad. I add corn, grated carrot, celery, cauli or brocolli etc but I agree it is too sweet and I do reduce the sugar by 1/2 a cup.
I am a professional chef, and Foods teacher. Every response when I make this is that it is similar to the KFC version.
Soaking the beans over night, then draining off the water and rinsing does mean that the beans cook in approx 45 minutes. As soon as they start floating to the surface and the skin begins to busrt on the first few is my indication they are ready. aaliyah19 - 2017-11-23 20:46:00 |
| 14 | veejay13 wrote:
If you read OP's post, you'll see she's made it to "rave reviews"
Sorry I didn't realize you had the exactly same cookbook and copied it out that. There have been quite a few boiled salad dressings around on the boards over the years. uli - 2017-11-24 11:04:00 |
| 15 | davidt4 wrote:
"Garamnafala" is either a very obscure ingredient that I don't know, or a typo for "garam masala".
I thought Garam Masala too once I tried to pronounce it out loud. uli - 2017-11-24 11:06:00 |
| 16 | bump bev00 - 2018-11-23 00:34:00 |
| 17 | thank you recipe looks good slimgym - 2018-11-23 02:48:00 |
| 18 | bump bev00 - 2019-11-23 00:10:00 |
| 19 | The dressing is similar to a recipe I use for pickling carrot sticks, raw beans, celery, etc., for pre-dinner snacks. The pickle has a cup each of water, sugar and vinegar, and crushed garlic, grated fresh ginger and salt to taste.The veges are peeled and cut into sticks, covered with the pickling liquid and refrigerated for at least 24 hours. They're then drained and served with drinks. No dip needed - they are sharp, garlic-ey and tasty and not too filling nor overly sweet. |
| 20 | Pickles7 I have made your dressing above and have it over a can of drained 4 bean mix but after redign the other recipes I have a query. I have some of the dressintg over and having never pickled anything before was wondering if I can use the same dressing and put some shallots or pickling onions in for a day or so. Wold that work? I do not want to bottle them. Just have with salad over a few days. Chers skydancing - 2019-11-27 15:32:00 |
