In good taste…Rice & herb salad with preserved lime dressing

Rice & herb salad (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

I take it that you are still thinking of ways to use your preserved limes. If you recall, I did mention that you could use it to make a salad dressing. The rice in this salad absorbs just enough of the briny, limey, citrus notes that are very pleasing on the palette. The fresh tender herbs release their flavour with every bite while the cucumbers cool things down in preparation for the next fork or spoonful.

Use the freshest of herbs for this rice and herb salad. I used Basmati rice to make my salad but any rice can work – white, long or short grain, parboiled, or brown rice.

The salad can be dressed half an hour before you are ready to serve it, however, I would prefer that