Don’t let this combination of ingredients scare you! This black rice salad is full of sweet and savory flavors that uses some of my favorite produce of the summer season!
If I had to pick my favorite kind of rice it would be sticky rice. Although, black rice, also known as Forbidden rice, comes in a close second.
The idea of even having a favorite variety seems a bit crazy to me considering that five years ago I only knew of two kinds – white and brown. That’s what a little travel and food blogging will do for you. If nothing else, it opens you up to the world of rice.
Jasmine, basmati, glutinous, purple glutinous – and those are just a handful of the varieties I’ve been exposed to the past few years. Black rice really stands out among the crowd because of its purple color, and aromatic, nutty flavor.
I’ve had some sitting in the pantry for a while, and I finally cooked it up this past weekend. Since, for me, summer is the season for cold grain salads I thought I’d give it a try with some local fruits.
I matched up the peaches from the farmer’s market with some of the yellow tomatoes that are growing like wildfire in our garden. The nutty rice called for something a little tangy and sweet as the dressing so a little lemon juice and honey did the trick.
- 1 ½ cups chopped peaches
- ½ cup chopped yellow or orange tomato
- 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
- 2 cups cooked black rice, cooled
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Juice of ½ a lemon
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a medium bowl, stir together the peaches, tomato, onion, and black rice. In a small bowl, whisk together the honey, lemon juice, olive oil and salt.
- Pour the dressing over the black rice salad and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.
Peaches are beautiful in the markets now, I believe it would be a great variation to the usual treats of black sticky rice with mango. Thanks for sharing!
Oh wow, this sounds and looks so delicious. I’ve never tried Black rice but really want to now!
Love this Asian fusion dessert. Very elegant to eat and very beautiful in flavours.
Your blog is awesome. Happy to follow you for lots of travel tips and fusion cooking 😀
Black rice is definitely the best looking rice out there… 🙂 I’ve only had it once…in a dessert form I believe?
I love how this salad pairs two of my favorite summer fruits! You just can’t go wrong.
This sounds so good! I haven’t tried black rice before. I wonder if TJs has it? I also have a lot of nectarines that need to be used up. Yum!
Black rice and salad, you are very creative !
I am making this right now for a potluck tonight. It sounds terrific, and mixes some of my favorite flavors! Thanks for the recipe.
Meegan – Hope you like it!
It turned out great, and got rave reviews from everyone! I even had two people ask to take home “to go bowls” of the salad. I would say this will definitely make it into my recipe box!