This colorful salad of curried rice amongst a beautiful array of sweet, tart in addition to tangy fruits provides enough of contrasts inwards flavor in addition to texture to please the optic in addition to palate, in addition to it's terrific served every bit business office of or every bit the principal characteristic of a warm atmospheric condition meal. There's cipher to a greater extent than refreshing than a fresh mango dressing! I made my ain
mango chutney amongst fresh fruit juices in addition to chilies to render an extra fresh sense of savor inwards the dressing, but yous tin role your ain favorite mango chutney, homemade or store-bought — although yous volition abide by that store-bought chutneys may locomote to a greater extent than pungent in addition to less fresh-tasting, hence yous may want to mix inwards a picayune extra dearest inwards the dressing if going that route.
This is my contribution to this month's edition of
No Croutons Required featuring rice soups in addition to salads. Now, I only postulate to abide by the fourth dimension to tidy upward my cupboards that are flood amongst foodstuffs. My temper flares when I cannot abide by the ingredients I postulate promptly when I am preparing a dish.
 Curried Rice in addition to Fruit Salad amongst Fresh Mango Dressing |
Recipe past times Lisa Turner
Adapted from 366 Delicious Ways to Cook Rice, Beans, in addition to Grains
Cuisine: Indian
Published on January 18, 2011
Colorful, sweet, tangy in addition to tart curried rice salad — an attractive in addition to delicious side or principal for warm atmospheric condition meals
Rice:
- 2 cups white basmati rice
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 2 large shallots, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1-inch slice fresh ginger, minced or grated
- 1 teaspoon bounding main salt
- 3 2/3 cups vegetable stock
Dressing:
- 2/3 loving cup mango chutney
- juice from 1 lemon (3 tablespoons)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
Salad:
- 2 apples, diced
- 1 1/2 cups crushed pineapple, drained
- 1/2 loving cup dried apricots, diced
- 1/3 loving cup dried shredded unsweetened coconut
- 1/4 loving cup fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
- 1/4 loving cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Instructions:
Rinse the rice good inwards a fine strainer. Transfer to bowl, encompass amongst water, swish it roughly a few times, in addition to drain. Repeat until the H2O is relatively clear in addition to no longer cloudy. Drain in ane lawsuit more, encompass amongst water, in addition to soak the rice for well-nigh twenty minutes or longer. Drain in addition to ready aside to air dry out inwards a strainer for fifteen minutes or so, tossing the grains occasionally. Heat the crude oil inwards a medium saucepan over medium heat. When hot, add together the shallots, garlic, ginger, curry powder, rice in addition to salt. Stir for two to three minutes to soften the shallot, in addition to hence pour inwards the vegetable stock. Bring to a boil, trim the oestrus to low, in addition to cover. Simmer undisturbed for fifteen to twenty minutes or until the rice is tender in addition to the liquid has been absorbed. Remove from oestrus in addition to permit correspond v minutes. Fluff amongst a fork in addition to permit cool to room temperature. For the dressing, whisk together the mango chutney, lemon juice, crude oil in addition to dearest inwards a pocket-size bowl. Assemble the salad past times combining the rice, apples, pineapple, apricots, coconut, mint in addition to cilantro inwards a large bowl. Gently toss the dressing into the salad in addition to flavour amongst common salt in addition to pepper if desired.
Makes 6 to 8 servings |
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