Black Rice Salad

Name: Black Rice Salad
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; a handful of salad leaves; a handful of salad leaves; 16 cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 avocados, peeled and sliced; 1 recipe Lemon Vinaigrette (page 108); 2 shallots, finely chopped; olive oil; 25 g walnut pieces; 125 g black rice; ½ butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and diced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

A hearty main course salad, this looks quite dramatic and unusual. It’s also delicious with a bit of feta crumbled on the top. You can get black rice in health food shops, larger supermarkets or online, and it’s worth searching out as it’s very tasty and has a great texture when cooked.

Ingredients

125 g black rice
½ butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and diced
olive oil

United Kingdom
Scottish
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Scotland

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.
Cook the rice in plenty of salted boiling water for 30 to 35 minutes, until al dente.
While the rice is cooking, roast your squash. Put the diced squash on a baking tray and drizzle with a littl