Brilliant Rice Salad

INGREDIENTS

2 cups of rice
Water
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon coriander
4 medium vine-ripened tomatoes
1/6 diced Spanish onion
30 grams pumpkin seeds
30 grams pine nuts
40 grams sultanas
50 grams diced apricot pieces
4 spring onions, finely diced
1 handful fresh herbs e.g. basil, parsley and mint
3 tablespoons garlic infused olive oil
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon honey
1-2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Salt & pepper

Directions

• Cook rice in step with your usual technique (I use my rice cooker) along with your usual quantity of water, adding turmeric, coriander and cumin to the cookery water. I fathom the quanity of water needed by adding it till it reaches the primary section of my pointer finger therefore I’m afraid I can’t be a lot of specific concerning what proportion you’ll would like in your rice cookware or cooking pan.

• Once the rice is roasted, leave it to chill, spreading it go in a large dish to hasten the cooling method.

• Dice tomatoes and so scatter over the rice, together with the onions, pumpkin seeds, sultanas, apricot items, spring onions, and recent herbs.

• Make a dressing by combining the garlic vegetable oil with the vino vinegar, honey and juice. Grind recent pepper and add a teaspoon of salt flakes. Sprinkle over the rice and so combine completely. style and change seasoning if needed.