Scented, Crunchy Black Rice Salad

Ingredients

• ½ cup of black rice (I had the glutinous one)
• ½ small brown onion, peeled and finely diced
• 10 mushrooms, sliced (your choice of mushrooms)
• 3 tbsp of well washed and finely sliced coriander roots
• 1 handful of washed and roughly chopped coriander leaves
• 1 handful of fresh basil leaves, washed and gently sliced (as they bruise)
• 1 handful fresh spinach, well washed to avoid grit
• 1 tsp of soy sauce (or tamari for a gluten free option)
• dash of sesame oil
• ½ tsp of fresh lime juice
• ¼ tsp of minced ginger
• 1tsp of agave (if you don’t have agave use sugar but add ½ teaspoon and taste again before adding more)
• oil for cooking
• 1 large clove garlic, peeled and minced
• 1 small red chilli, cut in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds and finely slice.
• 2 handfuls of roasted peanuts (if you have raw peanuts you can roast them in a hot pan for a minute or 2)
• #optional~ a handful of fried noodles