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Zingy rice salad with cashews is for Dinner.

Zingy rice salad with cashews takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Zingy rice salad with cashews takes 15 minutes to cook.

Zingy rice salad with cashews makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Zingy rice salad with cashews are:

* 1 cup brown rice
* 6 spring onions
* 1 large red capsicum
* 1/3 cup currants (optional)
* 60g roasted cashews
* 4 tbs roasted sunflower seeds (optional)
* 3 tbsp chopped parsley
* 6 tbsp soy sauce dressing as below
Dressing:
* 1/4 cup sunflower oil
* 4 tbsp soy sauce
* 2 tbsp lemon juice
* 1 garlic clove
* salt and pepper

Method

Here is how you make Zingy rice salad with cashews:

Serves 8-10 as an accompaniement to grilled/barbecued meat 1. Cook rice in salted water until tender. Drain. 2. Chop onions & capsicum finely. Add to rice (while still warm) 3. Add nuts, parsley, currants - and stir. 4. Just before serving, add dressing.TIPSI use raw cashew nuts that I toast in a dry heavy-based frying pan. You could use any choice of nuts and seeds to give the salad crunch. I have also substituted coriander (cilantro) for the flat leaf parsley which works wonderfullyI generally add more than 6 tablespoons of dressing, but you can add to your own personal tastNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MANDYDE.

The nutritional information for Zingy rice salad with cashews is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 116.6

• Total Fat: 8.5 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 365.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
• Protein: 2.2 g