Black Rice Salad

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked black rice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup walnuts (dry roasted and coarsly chopped)
• 100 g dried sweetend cranberries (coarsely chopped)
• 1/2 small red onion (finely chopped)
• 3 tablespoons peanut oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sherry wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger (grated)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)

Recipe

• 1 rinse the black rice with cold water in a sieve.
• 2 put the drained black 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". the italian black rice that i use doesn't need soaking and is perfect after cooking for 16 - 17 minuttes.
• 3 rinse the cooked rice with cold water in a sieve, drain it thoroughly then pour into a bowl.
• 4 add the chopped walnuts, cranberries and red onion.
• 5 mix the ingredients for the vinaigrette and poor over the rice salad.
• 6 season the salad to taste with salt and pepper.