Pinto bean, potato, and beetroot salad

Pinto bean, potato, and beetroot salad

Appetizers

An Iranian salad made with pinto beans, lettuce, celery, potato, cornichons, and beetroot, seasoned with olive oil and lemon.

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This Iranian salad combines cooked beans, crisp vegetables, and beets. A lemon and olive oil dressing ties everything together.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time—
  • Total20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Estimated cost$5.10 $1.28 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

4 people
  • $1.56
  • $0.62
  • $0.43
  • $0.64
  • $1.21
  • $0.36
  • $0.10
  • $0.04
  • $0.14

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the beans, lettuce, celery, potato, pickles, and beetroot. ≈ 3 min
  2. Add the olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, then mix well. ≈ 4 min
  3. Serve, and if you wish, decorate with hard-boiled egg slices. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Pinto bean, potato, and beetroot salad

  • 240 ml of chopped lettuce$1.56
  • 240 ml of chopped celery heart$0.62
  • 240 ml of cooked, diced potatoes$0.43
  • 120 ml of chopped pickles$0.64
  • 120 ml of cooked, chopped beetroot$1.21
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil$0.36
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice$0.10
  • salt$0.04
  • pepper$0.14

Total$5.10

that's $1.28 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 240 ml of cooked pinto beans
  • 240 ml of chopped lettuce
  • 240 ml of chopped celery heart
  • 240 ml of cooked, diced potatoes
  • 120 ml of chopped pickles
  • 120 ml of cooked, chopped beetroot
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
  • salt
  • pepper

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