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Feta and Avocado Rice Salad

Summery Feta and Avocado Rice Salad

Tilda Pure Basmati’s unique, long, slender grains stay separate when cooked, making them ideal for salads.

  • 0 - 30 Minutes
  • Easy

Method

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 pouch of Tilda Pure Basmati Rice
  • 1 large vine tomato, finely chopped
  • 1/4 of a cucumber, peeled, deseeded and finely diced
  • 1/2 a small red onion, very finely diced
  • 1 avocado, peeled, destoned and chopped into 1cm cubes
  • 100g of feta cheese, crumbled
  • 6-8 black olives, pitted and thickly sliced
  • 1-2 tbsp of fresh coriander, chopped
  • Few leaves fresh basil and mint, roughly torn4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil juice
  • 1/2 a lemon
  • 1/2 tsp of Dijon mustard
  • 1/2 tsp of caster sugar
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. Cook the rice in a large pan following pack instructions.

  2. Drain and spread out in a thin layer in a wide, shallow serving bowl. Allow to cool.

  3. Meanwhile, place the tomato, cucumber, red onion, avocado, feta cheese, olives and fresh herbs in a bowl and stir gently to combine.

  4. For the dressing, place all the dressing ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

  5. Season to taste, then stir gently through the cooked and cooled rice.

  6. Add the tomato mixture to the rice and stir gently to combine. Serve immediately.