Author Notes
This is a wonderfully flavorful rice salad. It's been a family classic forever. My mother originally found it as a pasta salad in a cookbook and tried making it with rice because a friend with celiac disease was coming over. It was so good, we never even tried it with pasta! We've been trying to figure out which cookbook it came from, but can't. If anyone recognizes it and knows where it came from, please let me know! I'd love to credit the source. —erinbdm
Ingredients
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2 cups
dry basmati rice
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1
clove garlic
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1 teaspoon
salt
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1 cup
packed stemmed flat leaf parsley
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1/4 cup
fresh lemon juice
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1/4 cup
red wine vinegar
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1 teaspoon
curry powder
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1 teaspoon
sugar
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3/4 teaspoon
ground cumin
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1/2 teaspoon
fresh ground pepper
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1/2 cup
olive oil
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1
small red onion, finely chopped and rinsed in cold water
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1 cup
chopped and pitted kalamata olives
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2/3 cup
currants
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2/3 cup
toasted pine nuts
Directions
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Prepare rice according to package directions. Transfer to a large bowl.
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Blend the garlic, salt, parsley, lemon juice, vinegar, curry powder, sugar, cumin, pepper, and olive oil.
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Pour the dressing over the rice. Stir in onion, olives, currants, and pine nuts.
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