Name: Peanut lime salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 60g plain peanuts; 1 tsp black mustard seeds; 10 fresh curry leaves; 1 red onion roughly chopped; 1 large potato chopped into 1cm cubes; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 300g rice cooked and cooled; 1 Ruby or Little Gem lettuce roughly chopped; ½ cucumber deseeded and roughly chopped; 50ml olive oil; 50ml lime juice; 1 tsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp olive oil
60g plain peanuts
1 tsp black mustard seeds
10 fresh curry leaves
1 red onion
roughly chopped
1 large potato
chopped into 1cm cubes
½ tsp ground turmeric
300g rice
cooked and cooled
1 Ruby or Little Gem lettuce
roughly chopped
½ cucumber
deseeded and roughly chopped

For the dressing

50ml olive oil
50ml lime juice
1 tsp Dijon mustard

Method

step 1
Heat the oil in a frying pan over a low heat and cook the peanuts for 5 mins until roasted and golden. Add the mustard seeds and curry leaves and sizzle for a few seconds.
step 2
Add the onions, potatoes and 2 tbsp water, then cover and cook for 10 mins until the potatoes are soft. Remove from the heat, add ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper, and mix well. Leave to cool slightly, about 30 mins.
step 3
Transfer to a large bowl and add the remaining ingredients.
step 4
Mix the dressing ingredients together in a separate small bowl, pour this over the salad, toss well to coat everything, and serve.