Brown Basmati Rice Salad With Celery, Cranberries and Walnuts

Submitted by zenveg

"A nice salad with an oriental flavour based on my black rice salad recipe: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipe/black-rice-salad-418440"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 bowl
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• Salad

• 295.73 ml uncooked brown basmati rice
• 2.46 ml salt
• 2-3 stalk celery (medium size, finely chopped)
• 100 g dried cranberries (the sweetend kind)
• 118.29 ml walnuts (dry roasted for a few minutes and coarsly chopped)

• Vinaigrette

• 29.58 ml peanut oil
• 14.79 ml walnut oil
• 22.18 ml sherry wine vinegar
• 9.85 ml fresh ginger (grated)
• 4.92-9.85 ml liquid honey
• 1.23 ml salt (to taste)
• 1.23 ml pepper (to taste)

directions

1. Rinse the brown basmati rice with cold water in a sieve.
2. Put the drained basmati rice in a saucepan, poor plenty of boiling water over the rice, add the salt and cook the rice according to the package directions so they still have "a bit of a bite".
3. Rinse the cooked rice with cold water in a sieve, drain it thoroughly then pour into a bowl.
4. Add the chopped walnuts, cranberries and celery.
5. Mix the ingredients for the vinaigrette and poor over the rice salad.