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Beans, Beets and Greens, Side

Beets, Beans and Greens, with Squash

A colorful collection of beans, greens, beets, and squash!
This dish will take varying amounts of time, depending on how much you want colors to be separate.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 42 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine Eclectic
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

The dish

The Sauce

Instructions
 

  • Soak the beans overnight, or at least 3 hours before cooking.
  • Drain the soaking water and rinse the beans thoroughly.
  • Cover the beans in about 3 cups of water and place in an Instant Pot. Cook the beans on high pressure for 15 minutes, 5 minutes natural release. I will try cooking them on the stovetop to get an idea on cooking time and update this recipe.

While the beans are cooking:

  • Cut the squash into coins and half each coin.
  • Heat up a cast iron skillet over medium heat. Add a small amount of oil. Add the squash, inner flesh down. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until they brown. Turn over and cook the other side until it browns. Remove and set in a warm oven.
  • Peel and dice the beets. Add into the cast iron skillet and fry until just soft, approximately 10 minutes. Remove from the pan and place in the oven with the squash.
  • Saute the mustard greens until wilted.
  • When the beans are done, reserve the pot liquor. You need two cups of pot liquor, though if you don't have 2 cups, top it off with water.
  • Bring the reserved liquids to a boil, then lower. Add the bulgur. Cook until all the water is absorbed, about 12 minutes.
  • While the bulgur is cooking, mix the sauce ingredients together.
  • Make a bed of mustard greens on the plate. Add a layer of bulgur over the mustard greens. next add a layer of beans. Finally add in a layer of beets and squash. Place dollops of the sauce on top of the dish. Sprinkle with nigella seeds.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

This dish can take a longish time to make if you fry each of the vegetables separately. I do this so that each layer has a distinct color, as I like the color contrasts, but you could cook everything together, having a large red mess!
Browning the squash and beets caramelizes the sugars in both vegetables. Also it provides a nice visual for the squash.
Do make the bulgur with the pot liquor, it add a really nice body.
Keyword beans, beets, Indian-influenced, squash
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