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Active Time
20 min
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Total Time
2 1/2 hr (includes cooling)
Juicy, crunchy cucumbers lighten the starch in a rice salad, and lemony coriander accentuates the citrus in the vinaigrette. So-called Persian cukes seem especially beautiful against a background of exotic purple jasmine rice. This is a party dish for which, no doubt, you will become justly famous.
Ingredients
Makes 8 servings
Step 1
Bring rice, water, and 1/4 teaspoon salt to a boil in a small heavy saucepan, then reduce heat to low and cook, covered, until rice is tender and water is absorbed, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Spread rice evenly in a lightly oiled 4-sided sheet pan and cool completely. Coarsely smash coriander seeds with side of a large knife.
Step 2
Toss rice with coriander, remaining ingredients, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl and let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
Rice, without other ingredients, can be cooked 1 day ahead and chilled.
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Reviews (6)
Back to TopI haven't eaten this yet, but FYI 1 serving = 5 Weight Watchers "pointsplus" points
sidhene
2/19/2012
What a waste of cucumbers! For the amount of work involved, I expected better, but even if this was effortless it's not worth the trouble. Unimpressive flavors and greasy after sitting a while. I'm going to do what I can to salvage it, but more likely I'll just end up throwing the whole thing out.
sidhene
12/1/2010
I did not have their rice, so I used Uncle Ben's Sun-Dried Tomato Florentine Wild Rice. This was so easy and so very tasty! I will make this again.
pineapplelady
Henniker, NH
7/31/2010
This salad turned out very nice, though I made the following alterations: added 1 tsp. sumac, fresh ground pepper, cubed feta and a little chopped parsley. As I did not have purple jasmine rice I used forbidden or black rice and the colors were lovely.
fuschiafuschia
7/24/2010
To answer your question: The recipe isn't missing anything. A vinaigrette doesn't need vinager, just an acid. In this case, the lemon juice is the acid.
mollodart
10/7/2009
Is this recipe missing something? The description says "lemony coriader accentuates the citrus in the vinaigrette," but there's no vinegar in the recipe. Help!
Anonymous
10/5/2009
