We absolutely love this rice salad. It’s full of good things, and feels like a real treat, plus a big tub full lasts quite a few meals which saves work…I think that’s the real reason we like it!
First, get your rice cooker out. If you don’t have one, go and buy one! It’s seriously the best thing since sliced gluten free bread. Of course you can always use a saucepan, water and the stove-top and it will work just as well, but then you have to have some knowledge of how to cook rice, and it really helps if you don’t forget about it and head off to the arena to ride a horse. Enter the rice cooker.
Cook as much rice as you like. We’ve done this recipe with black rice, red rice and our very favourite basmati brown rice. We get our basmati brown rice from 2brothersfoods.com. It’s delicious, and way better for you than white rice.
First, get your rice cooker out. If you don’t have one, go and buy one! It’s seriously the best thing since sliced gluten free bread. Of course you can always use a saucepan, water and the stove-top and it will work just as well, but then you have to have some knowledge of how to cook rice, and it really helps if you don’t forget about it and head off to the arena to ride a horse. Enter the rice cooker.
Cook as much rice as you like. We’ve done this recipe with black rice, red rice and our very favourite basmati brown rice. We get our basmati brown rice from 2brothersfoods.com. It’s delicious, and way better for you than white rice.
Next, add a few handfuls of sultanas, some chopped dried apricots, several spring onions (white and green bits) chopped finely and some cashews. We also like to add some roasted red-peppers which you can either do yourself, or if you don’t want to turn on the oven because it’s 45 degrees outside (legitimate excuse!), you can buy them in a jar either marinated with delicious flavours, or plain. Hook them out of their oil or brine, chop them up and chuck them in.
If you assemble it all in a large Tupperware (or whatever they are now called) all you’ll have to do at this point is give it a good shake and you’ll know whether you need to add more of any of the ingredients (come on, we all know you’re being stingy on the sultanas).
Then sprinkle over some curry powder, salt and pepper, give it another shake (or stir) and you’re ready to go. It’s seriously good. We had this for Christmas dinner along with Mango salad, roast potato salad and lentil salad. While everyone else had food babies after Christmas dinner – so did we!
Enjoy.
SW
If you assemble it all in a large Tupperware (or whatever they are now called) all you’ll have to do at this point is give it a good shake and you’ll know whether you need to add more of any of the ingredients (come on, we all know you’re being stingy on the sultanas).
Then sprinkle over some curry powder, salt and pepper, give it another shake (or stir) and you’re ready to go. It’s seriously good. We had this for Christmas dinner along with Mango salad, roast potato salad and lentil salad. While everyone else had food babies after Christmas dinner – so did we!
Enjoy.
SW
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