SPICY RICE, MANGO AND COCONUT SALAD
Spicy Rice, Mango and Coconut Salad, is a healthy, filling and very tasty salad with some tropical flavours. With all the flavourful ingredients mixed together you definitely will not miss a salad dressing.
Ingredients
- 1 cup leftover rice
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1-2 green chillis sliced
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ cup ripe mango diced
- 1 cup cucumber diced
- ¼ cup fresh coconut diced or grated
- ¼ cup grated carrot
- ¼ cup pomegranate arils
- ¼ cup roasted cashew nuts cut into smaller pieces
- ½ tsp salt
- 2-3 tbsp fresh coriander chopped
- 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
- When it becomes hot add cumin seeds.
- As soon as the seeds begin to sizzle, add the chopped onion.
- Stir fry the onion for 1 minute.
- Add chopped garlic and green chillis. Mix well.
- Add turmeric powder and mix well.
- Immediately add the rice and salt.
- Mix it well.
- Add the red chilli powder and take the pan off the heat.
- Mix the rice well and let it cool.
- In the meantime cut the cucumber, coconut and mango.Grate the carrot.
- Add to a mixing bowl.
- Add chopped coriander, pomegranate arils and chopped cashew nuts.
- Mix in the spicy rice.
- Drizzle some lemon juice over it. Mix well.
- Serve.
Tips:
- Add salad ingredients of your choice.
- This salad does not require a dressing but if you want, go for a good vinaigrette.
- Don't over cook the onion, garlic and chillis as you want them to be a bit crunchy.