Super-seedy salad with tahini dressing

This veggie salad recipe is packed with prebiotic goodness from the resistant starch in the seeds and finished with a tangy tahini-yogurt dressing

Super-seedy salad with tahini dressing

Our gut-friendly recipe also uses sourdough as it’s easy on the gut. Although made using a fermented starter, much of the beneficial bacteria is lost during the baking process. However, because fermentation starts to break down the flour proteins it’s a much easier bread to digest.

Ingredients
  

  • stale sourdough 1 slice torn into chunks
  • mixed seeds 50g
  • cumin seeds 1 tsp
  • coriander seeds 1 tsp
  • dried chilli flakes a good pinch
  • spray oil
  • baby kale 50g
  • long-stemmed broccoli 75g blanched for a few minutes then roughly chopped
  • red onion ½ thinly sliced
  • cherry tomatoes 100g halved
  • flat-leaf parsley ½ a small bunch torn
  • DRESSING
  • natural yogurt 100ml
  • tahini 1 tbsp
  • lemon 1 juiced

Instructions
 

  • STEP 1
  • Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the bread into a food processor and pulse into very rough breadcrumbs. Put into a bowl with the mixed seeds and spices, season, and spray well with oil. Tip onto a non-stick baking tray and roast for 15-20 minutes, stirring and tossing regularly, until deep golden brown. Cool.
  • STEP 2
  • Whisk together the dressing ingredients, some seasoning and a splash of water in a large bowl. Tip the baby kale, broccoli, red onion, cherry tomatoes and flat-leaf parsley into the dressing, and mix well. Divide between 2 plates and top with the crispy breadcrumbs and seeds.

Notes

Adapted from livemagazine.com