Rachel'S Fruity Rice Salad
- 1 cup plain long grain rice
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 cup raisins
- salt & pepper
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper or 1 teaspoon peri-peri
- 2 tablespoons chunky fruit chutney
- 125 g canned peaches
- 1 medium white onion
- 1 green pepper (capsicum)
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise (or to taste, careful not too much as will be too soggy)
- 1 bunch chopped fresh parsley
- PREPARATION.
- Bring adequate (two cups?) amount of salted water to rolling boil, add rice, turmeric & raisins.
- Stir so that turmeric mixes into rice and can be absorbed, bring rice back to boil, then turn right down to simmer covered for rest of cooking time (10 - 12 minutes?).
- Once rice is cooked, rinse/drain; set aside to cool.
- Finely chop both green pepper & white onion.
- Chunky chop (not fine) half of the peaches from the can.
- Add pepper, onion, peaches, cayenne pepper/peri peri, chutney, mayonnaise, salt & pepper to rice turning ingredients into rice gently so as not to mash rice.
- Garnish with parsley.
- VARIATIONS.
- Try adding 1/4 cup brown rice which would need cooking separately as it takes longer to cook. just stir into plain rice before adding other ingredients.
- Using a tablespoon of either lemon or lime juice gives this dish a nice twist, or even try using lemon or lime rind for an extra zing.
long grain rice, turmeric, raisins, salt, cayenne pepper, chunky fruit chutney, peaches, white onion, green pepper, mayonnaise, parsley
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/rachels-fruity-rice-salad-136667 (may not work)