Jewelled rice salad

This rice salad not only looks lovely, it tastes fantastic too! The 'jewel' ingredient is pomegranate seeds, which add a delicious sweetness to the recipe

Serves: 2
Prep/cooking time: 15 minutes

What you need:

• 1 x 250g pack Uncle Ben's® Express Pilau Rice
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 small red onion, sliced
• 1/2 red pepper, deseeded and sliced
• 40g (1 1/2 oz) baby corn, cut into 1 cm pieces
• 40g (1 1/2 oz) cherry tomatoes, quartered
• 40g (1 1/2 oz) pomegranate seeds
• 1/2 tbsp freshly chopped mint
• 1/2 tbsp freshly chopped parsley

What you do:

1. Heat the rice according to the pack instructions then pour into a bowl and fluff up. Leave to
2. cool slightly.
3. Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion and red pepper for 3-4 minutes before adding
4. the corn. Stir-fry for 3-4 minutes then stir into the rice.
5. Add the remaining ingredients to the bowl and mix well. Serve at once.