Fruity Rice Salad

Ingredients

• Long-grained rice 1 cup, soaked for ½ hour
• Lemon juice 1 tsp
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Mixed vegetables, diced and blanched 2 cups
• (like, carrots, capsicum, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.)
• Orange Dressing:
• Mix together:
• Fresh Orange Juice ½  cup
• Celery salt ½ tsp
• Salt 1 ½  tsp or to taste
• Kali Mirch (powdered black pepper) ¼ tsp
• Ajwain (thymol seeds), roasted 1 tsp
• Sugar 1 tsp

Preparation

• Drain rice and place in a pan with 1 ½ cups of water. Bring to a boil.

• Lower heat, sprinkle lemon juice, cover and let cook over low heat for 9 minutes (rice is ‘bite like’).

• Drain in a colander and cool under cold water. Rub in the oil and leave to drain and cool.

• Mix together the rice, vegetables and the dressing.

• Transfer on to a serving dish, chill and serve.