Eat-till-you-burst Bean Salad

This is one of those wonderful experiments that came from necessity and resulted in something really lovely. It's a deceptively simple bean salad that people seem to want to eat until stomach rupture. You have been warned.

You'll need;

1 can of mixed beans, rinsed.
2 cups of hot, fresh-cooked Jasmine rice.
1/2 cup of shallots.
2 vine-ripened tomatoes, finely chopped.
a couple of glugs of extra-virgin olive oil.
a tablespoon of good quality white wine vinegar
a teaspoon of fresh-ground fennel seeds.
a pinch of fresh or dried oregano

Simply toss everything together while the rice is still warm and season. There is something about the warmness of the rice, the tartness of the vinegar and the fennel that combine to create an intense more-ishness.