Kumara and banana salad

Served warm or cold, this is a tasty filling salad.

Cooking directions

• Put cooked kumara, bananas, peanuts, red pepper and spring onions in a bowl.
• In another bowl, stir together lemon rind, lemon juice, oil, sweet chilli sauce and pepper to make a dressing. Mix well.
• Pour dressing over kumara salad and stir gently so dressing is mixed through.
• Serve. This salad is best eaten relatively soon after making. 

To cook kumara:

• Scrub, but do not peel.
• Cut in half and boil or steam until soft but still firm.
• Remove from water and allow to cool.
• Cut into bite-sized chunks.

Thanks to www.vegetables.co.nz for this recipe.

Ingredients

4 medium kumara, cut into chunks

2 bananas, peeled and sliced

1/2 cup unsalted roasted peanuts, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

2 spring onions, finely sliced

1 tablespoon lemon rind

1/4 cup lemon juice

2 tablespoons oil

1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce

2 pinches black pepper