Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for squash salad with tahini and pomegranate

A hearty Middle Eastern salad with all the warming flavours of autumnThe word “salad” can mean many different things. Some are team players – salads that work well as part of an array of other dishes. Some provide light refreshment – a little bit of cold crunch on the side. But at this time of year, as the temperature dips, I gravitate towards big, hearty salads: standalone numbers that can fill even the hungriest of stomachs with all the colours of the autumn trees, and