Description
A colorful Halloween salad to add to your Trick r Treat table! Inspired by Chez Us’s Middle Eastern Inspired Black Rice salad!
Ingredients
Inspired by Chez Us’s Middle Eastern Inspired Black Rice salad
2.5 cups cooked, warm jasmine rice, divided
1 cup cooked warm Forbidden (purple) rice
Oil of choice
2 bags Tjs cut butternut squash chunks (cooked+cooled), or two cups cooked butternut squash chunks, cooled.
1.5 cups pomegranate seeds, divided
1 cup chopped cilantro
1.5 tbl TJs Organic Maple Vinaigrette, or honey mustard + more for serving
1/4 cup chopped red onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Trader Joe’s Crispy Crunchy Okra
Instructions
Lightly oil a wide shallow bowl (mine was x), then alternate thick stripes of black and (1.5 cups) white rices, pressing down to seal together to create a solid rice layer. Line sides of bowl with white rice. Chill in fridge until cooled completely.
Mix next five ingredients together, salt and pepper to taste, then press into chilled rice bowl.
Top with white rice, pressing to seal in squash mixture. Chill.
Flip onto plate, add okra and pomegranate seeds as you like! Serve with Maple Vinaigrette!
- Category: Side
Keywords: Black rice, side, rice salad, salad