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Yellow Rice Salad with Seeds, Nuts and Green Herbs

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Serves: 6

Prep time: 30 minutes

Cook time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 ¾ cups Clever low GI white rice

  • 1 tablespoon turmeric
  • 3 large Roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1/3 cup diced red onion
  • ½ cup mixed seeds (pumpkin and sunflower)

  • 3 tablespoons pine nuts

  • 1/3 cup chopped raw pecans
  • 1/3 cup currants
  • 4 spring onions, sliced
  • 1 cup chopped mixed fresh herbs (parsley, mint, basil)
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon finely grated orange zest
  • ¼ cup fresh orange juice

Method: 

  1. Cook rice according to instructions on-pack until al dente adding turmeric to the cooking water.

    When cooked, spread out in a thin layer on a large tray to cool.

  2. When cold, put the rice in a large bowl with the tomatoes, red onion, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, pine nuts, pecans, currants, spring onion and green herbs.

  3. To make the dressing whisk together the olive oil, orange zest and juice. Season to taste, pour over salad and lightly toss.

Per serve

2210 kJ/530 calories; 10g protein; 27g fat (includes 3g saturated fat; saturated : unsaturated fat ratio 0.1); 58g Carbohydrate (includes 10g sugars and 48g starches); 5g fibre; 21mg sodium; 546mg potassium; sodium : potassium ratio 0.1; GI estimate Low

Used in this Recipe:

SunRice® Doongara™ Low GI White Clever Rice®

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