I’ve been on a forbidden black rice kick this winter. I love its pleasant texture, mild flavor and sweet aroma, and it also makes for some very pretty meals. We’ve been living off of variations of this salad for our lunches, but this version, with curried chickpeas, toasted pine nuts, squash or sweet potato and chard is my favorite. This recipe utilizes chard stems as well as leaves – I always think it’s a shame when recipes instruct to discard the stems, especially when they are as beautiful as on this rainbow chard I picked up. The key is to cook the stems a little longer than the leaves, so that they are soft and not too chewy.
For this recipe, I made my own curry spice mix from Amy Chaplin’s book, and I cannot recommend this enough. Homemade curry tastes worlds better than any store bought curry mix ever will. It’s just a matter of toasting, grinding and mixing fresh spices (a fun process if you ask me) and is completely worth the extra effort.
I developed this recipe for Natural Vitality, a line of premium quality natural supplements, see the recipe here.
Deniz Ficicioglu says
What a coincidence! I just posted a recipe for black rice on my own blog yesterday! I’m truly in love with it. Meant to post a recipe long time ago, but it is so hard to take a nice picture of cooked black rice :D Don’t you think?
Natalia says
You are amazing, Anya!
Natalia says
We made it today(with kale in place of chard) and my girls were speechless: all they could say in front of their colorful meal was :wow!
Thank you!
Anya says
Thank you, Natalia! So glad you and the girls enjoyed the salad.
Christine // my natural kitchen says
I love the vibrant colours in this salad – it looks really warming and delicious!
Amy @ Parsley In My Teeth says
I’ve been on a bit of a black/wild rice kick myself. I love the chewy, earthy bite it gives. The colors of this salad are beautiful!
kristie {birch and wild} says
I agree that it is much better to make curry powder at home. My recipe changes, depending on my mood, but I do love Amy’s version. this is a lovely salad that utilizes my favorite rice, black rice. I have read that black food does not look appealing to the eye, but I think that is not true, as you proved here with your gorgeous salad.
Lotta-VeggieTown says
Lovely recipe with incredible colours! The chard truly looks amazing!
Anna says
omg love this <3 it looks super tasty
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sylvie says
It’s a sight for sore eyes, you’re an artist!
noval says
Yummy and verygood
bristol plasterers says
Sounds like something new to try, and looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.
Simon
Bee says
The link no longer works, is this recipe available anywhere?