Oriental 6 Bean Salad

Ingredients:

      1 c  Garbanzo beans (canned,drained) (chickpeas)
      1 c  Kidney beans (canned,drained)
      1 c  Lima beans (canned or fresh)
      1 c  Mung beans (chinese bean sprouts) fresh
      1 c  Soy beans (fresh)
      1 bn YA (??) beans (oriental long beans...12-18" long)
      1    Artichoke heart
           Red bell pepper, julienned
           Water chestnuts, sliced


   ------------DRESSING-----------

    1Chunk tofu
 Soy sauce
Ginger
Garlic
 Sesame oil

Methods :

  DRESSING:

Mix dressing ingredients up the together.Break tofu up in to small bite sized pieces. (sorry I didn't get the amounts for the dressing, but he was going so fast, I missed it if he gave actual amounts...) Allow to the sit while preparing the rest of the salad.
 
SALAD:
Mix all the salad ingredients except for the YA beans together in a bowl. Save three Ya beans for each plate. Braid them (as in hair) and lay the braided Ya bean around the side of each salad plate. If there is any leftover Ya beans, chop them and add to salad. Once salad has been thoroughly tossed, place mound on each plate. Pour dressing over top and serve immediately.