Kidney Bean Salad

SERVES 4

Ingredients

* 3 whole red chilies
* 1 tablespoon shallot, chopped
* 1 tablespoon garlic, crushed
* 1 teaspoon ginger, chopped
* 1 teaspoon lemon grass, finely sliced
* salt
* 2 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 cup canned kidney beans
* 2 eggs, boiled and finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon lemon juice

To serve

* 1 lettuce
* 1 Chinese cabbage
* 2 tablespoons coriander leaves, chopped
* 1 tablespoon fresh mint leaves, chopped
* 1 cucumber, sliced

Directions
1.Pound together the chillies, shallots, ginger, garlic, lemon grass and salt.
2.Saute in oil.
3.Add kidney beans and stir-cook.
4.Remove from heat.
5.Add lemon juice and mix well.
6.Allow to cool.
7.Add chopped eggs and serve the kidney bean salad on a bed of lettuce and cabbage leaves.
8.Garnish with coriander, mint and cucumber and serve.