Black rice, fennel, and radicchio salad - Food for Soul

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 fennel bulb, sliced ⅓ inch (1 cm) thick
• salt
• 2 heads radicchio, halved through the core
• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 ½ cups (350 ml) vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• generous ½ cup (100 g) black rice
• scant ½ cups (100 ml) Yellow Chili Vinaigrette (recipe follows)
• 9 oz (250 g) mozzarella cheese, torn into tablespoon-size pieces
• 9 oz (250 g) fresh yellow chilies, seeded
• scant ½ cup (100 ml) fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled but whole
• 1 cup (240 ml) extra-virgin olive oil