Natural Pantry (a natural-foods grocery store here in Anchorage) makes
an excellent cold "Curry Rice" salad in their deli, and I'd like to
duplicate it. I've googled recipies (both on the web and in this ng)
and found dozens of variations, but none that are really what I get at
this store. I went in today and chatted with the deli chef, and she
gave me some ideas of what was in it, but only sort of. I could
trial-and-error it, and probably get it pretty close, but by this time
of summer my finances don't support a lot of trial-and-error in the
kitchen with ingredients. So, if anyone can help out, it would be
*much* appreciated.
Here's what I know of what's in the salad:
brown rice
celery
green onion
curry powder
raisins
red bell pepper
garlic (maybe, I think I can taste it)
oil (not sure what kind though)
honey (I think. She either said that the moisture was "oil with honey"
or "oil, Honey."
almond slivers
I know I could put all of these things together and come up with
something similar -- but, like I said, I'd like to start with a recipe.
All of the "curried rice" recipies I've found so far have been made
with "steamed rice" (none that specified brown rice, but I don't know
if that's significant) and included either mayo or yogurt (neither of
which are in this one, I asked) and none have included celery, red
pepper, or green onion.
So, anyone have a tried-and-true cold curried rice salad recipe that
looks like it could work?
Thanks!
Alexis.