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Rice salad with Lime dressing (vegan)

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5-6 Servings ~ 5 minutes
  • 5 cups cooked rice
  • 1 medium tomato, chopped
  • 1 medium cucumber, chopped
  • 1 medium carrot, grated
  • Lime Dressing

This may sound awkward to some, but you can most certainly turn your rice into a salad. Just toss in a few more ingredients and a delicious dressing and there you have it. For this you will need rice that is cooked already and you can learn how to cook plain rice on the stove top here. It’s pretty simple so let’s get started. On the tomatoes, use any good tomato from regular round tomatoes to Roma tomatoes which are freshly picked.

Quick Instructions

Please follow this link to learn How to make Lime dressing.

  1. With your main ingredients ready, i.e. chopped tomato (1 medium tomato), grated carrot (1 medium carrot), cubed cucumber (1 medium cucumber) and cooked rice (5 cups) in a bowl. Add all the ingredients to the bowl with rice.
  2. Give everything a good mix and make sure the rice is evenly mixed. Add the lime dressing, again mix well and let the dressing sip into the rice and the other ingredients. Serve immediately.
Also see  Carrot and Apple salad

Pictorial Detailed Instructions

Step 1
With your main ingredients ready, i.e, chopped tomato, grated carrot, cubed cucumber (a) and cooked rice in a bowl (b). Add all the ingredients to the bowl with rice (c) and (d).
Step 2
Give everything a good mix and make sure the rice is evenly mixed (a). Add the lime dressing (b), again mix well and let the dressing sip into the rice and the other ingredients (c) and (d). Serve immediately.
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Delicious Rice Salad

You can serve this at a braai or even as a “main” at supper with your roast chicken or whatever, even a stew. Please note that as soon as you add the dressing you need to serve the rice salad right away. Give it a go and let me know how it goes.