Brown Basmati Rice Salad With Celery, Cranberries and Walnuts

Name: Brown Basmati Rice Salad With Celery, Cranberries and Walnuts
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 bowl, 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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); 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)

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Recipe 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

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READY IN: 40mins

SERVES: 6

YIELD: 1 bowl

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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)
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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