Ingredients:

• 5 tbsp refined /olive oil

• 1 tbsp vinegar or 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

• 1 tbsp lemon juice

• 1 tbsp castor sugar

• ½ tsp salt

• ½ tsp black pepper

• ¼ tsp red chili

• ¼ tsp mustard powder

• 2 tbsp onions finely cut (opt)

• ½ – ¾ tsp parsley

• ½ tsp basil

• ½ tsp celery (opt)

Method:

Mix all ingredients and mix in a mixer for two minutes or simply mix with a whisk in a bowl.

Ingredients for veggies:

• 2 – 2 ½ cups chilled rice (after boiling, spread on a vessel with a wide base and keep under a fan)
• ½ tin sweet corn
• ½ – 1 cup corn
• 1 capsicum finely cut
• 2 hard red tomatoes
• 1-2 spring onions finely cut
• 1-2 red /yellow bell peppers finely cut (optional)

Method:

1. Boil rice and cool it
2. Prepare other ingredients
3. In a big bowl, add sweet corn
4. Beat manually with a whisk so that it becomes smooth
5. Mix the dressing well
6. Add veggies and mix well
7. Mix the boiled and cooled rice with a very light hand
8. Don’t use steel serving spoon as it breaks the rice. Use either wooden / rubber spoon
9. Taste and balance
10. Keep it to chill in the fridge
11. At the time of serving, put into a jelly mould/bowl and simply upturn it on a chilled platter so that it is shaped into a round shape.
12. Decorate with corn, capsicum and tomato roses.