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Tropical Rice Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup canned corn, drain
1/2 cup long-grain rice
225 g canned pineapple pieces in natural juice, drain reserving their juice
4 scallions, sliced
2 red bell peppers, seeded and diced
3 tbsp golden raisins

Dressing:
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 tbsp hazelnut oil
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tbsp chopped fresh gingerroot
1 garlic clove, chopped

Preparing:

Cook the rice in salted boiling water for 15 minutes.
Drain thoroughly and rinse under cold running water.
Mix the pineapple pices, corn, peppers, scallions, raisins and rice.

Add all the dressing ingredients to the pineapple juice and whisk well.
Season with salt and pepper.
Pour the dressing over the rice salad and serve.

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Rice with Spices

Ingredients:

2 cups pre-cooked rice
1 cup nuts
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup white wine
4 garlic cloves chopped
2 envelopes beef broth
1 bar margarine
1 onion chopped
1 tbsp curry
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp thyme powder
1/2 tsp powdered cloves
Lemon zest

Preparing:

Mix in a pot wine, thyme, curry, cloves, broth, cinnamon, raisins and lemon peel.
Allow to boil under low fire.

Toast the nuts in margarine in a frying pan.

Besides, in a saucepan mix 4 cups of water, garlic, celery and onion.
Add the rice when it boils.
Add nuts, stirring with a fork as it begins to dry out.
Incorporate the mixture of spices.

Leave to dry and covered with the fire off.
Season with salt and pepper.

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