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Sri Wasano's Infamous Indonesian Rice Salad 

My edition of The Moosewood Cookbook is now coverless and blotched and spotted from use. This is my favorite recipe.

SRI WASANO'S INFAMOUS INDONESIAN RICE SALAD

Serves 4 to 6

2 cups cooked, cooled brown rice*
½ cup raisins
2 chopped scallions
¼ cup toasted sesame seeds
½ cup thinly sliced water chestnuts
1 cup fresh mung bean sprouts
¼ cup toasted cashews
1 large, chopped green pepper
1 stalk chopped celery (it looks nice if you slice it on the diagonal)
fresh parsley

dressing:
¾ cup orange juice
½ cup safflower oil
1 Tbs. sesame oil
3-4 Tbs. Tamari sauce
2 Tbs. dry sherry
juice of one lemon
1-2 cloves minced garlic
½-1 tsp. freshly grated ginger root
salt + pepper

Combine all ingredients & serve chilled on greens. Top with Duck Sauce, which, along with bean sprouts, sesame oil and ginger root, is available in most oriental food supply stores.

Variations to this recipe:

½ cup thinly sliced bamboo shoots
fresh, raw snow peas
fresh pineapple chunks
toasted coconut (unsweetened)

*1 cup raw rice cooked in 1¾ cups boiling, salted water

Reprinted with permission from The Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen. Copyright © 1977, 1992 by Mollie Katzen, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, CA. www.tenspeed.com