Indian Recipe : East Indian Rice Salad

Serves : 8

Cuisine : Indian

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cooked brown rice
• 1 cup cooked wild rice
• 1 cup dried tart cherries
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup plain low-fat yogurt, to taste (1/4-1/2 cup)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 11-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1/2 cucumber, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded and sliced

Directions:

1. In a large serving bowl, combine brown rice, wild rice, cherries, celery, green onions and pecans; mix well.
2. •Stir in yogurt. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Arrange orange sections and cucumber slices in a decorative pattern on top of the salad. Refrigerate, covered, several hours to blend flavors before serving.

Serving size: 3/4 cup