Brown Basmati Rice Salad With Celery, Cranberries and Walnuts
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
-
1 bowl
- Serves:
- 6
ingredients
-
Salad
- 1 1⁄4 cups uncooked brown basmati rice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 -3 stalks celery (medium size, finely chopped)
- 100 g dried cranberries (the sweetend kind)
- 1⁄2 cup walnuts (dry roasted for a few minutes and coarsly chopped)
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Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 tablespoon walnut oil
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons fresh ginger (grated)
- 1 -2 teaspoon liquid honey
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
directions
- Rinse the brown basmati rice with cold water in a sieve.
- 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".
- Rinse the cooked rice with cold water in a sieve, drain it thoroughly then pour into a bowl.
- Add the chopped walnuts, cranberries and celery.
- Mix the ingredients for the vinaigrette and poor over the rice salad.
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