Creole Banana Salad - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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225 g long grain brown rice (basmati)
4 large bananas
1 lemon
1 lime
1 medium apple
125 g green grapes
75 g chopped fresh pineapple
30 ml chopped fair trade cashew nuts
15 ml sultanas
4 large lettuce leaves
15 ml desiccated coconut
For the Dressing
120 ml mayonnaise
2 1/2 ml engish hot mustard
1 dash piri-piri
Preparation
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Juice the lemon, discard the skin.
Juice the lime, discard the skin.
Core and chop the apple.
Cook the rice in boiling water until tender. (15 mins white rice 25 - 35 mins brown rice)
Drain well and allow to cool.
Put the rice in a mixing bowl and stir in the bananas, half of the lemon juice, the lime juice, the chopped apple, grapes, pineapple, walnuts and sultanas.
Make the dressing as follows:
Mix together the mayonaise, the remaining lemon juice, piri piri powder and mustard in a measuring jug or small bowl.
Pour over the banana and rice mixture, and gently fold the mixture until everything is coated with the dressing.
Put the lettuce leaves around a serving bowl and spoon in the salad mixture.
Sprinkle on the coconut.
To serve.
Chill for 30 mins in the fridge and serve.
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