Salman ibn Amir Dhabi related that the Prophet said: Break your fast with dates, or else with water, for it is pure (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi).
Ingredients
* 1 cup of boiled white rice
* 1 bunch of lettuce
* 1 carrot
* 1 small Irish potato (spud)
* 1 medium cucumber
* 2 eggs
* 1 plum tomatoes
* 1 ripe avocado
* 1 tin baked beans in tomato sauce
* 160g sweet corn
* Salad dressing
Note: the Heinz Salad Cream works best with the Nigerian Salad recipe. A close substitute is the Heinz Caesar Salad Cream. You can use mayonnaise too.
Preparation of the Nigerian Rice Salad
All the vegetables need to be washed.
* Boil the eggs till hard done
* Dice the carrots and potato. Add to boiling water. Leave to boil for 2mins, pour in a sieve and cool it down with water.
* Peel and dice the eggs with an egg slicer.
* Chop and dice the rest of the ingredients. The aim is to get all of them chopped into small pieces to match the grains of rice.
* Peel and dice the avocado.
* Open the sweet corn and drain the preservation water. Rinse and set aside. Also open the baked beans tin and set aside.
* Then layer the ingredients one after the other in a bowl.
* Place in the fridge to chill before serving.
Nigerian Rice Salad can be eaten alone or as a side dish to all Nigerian rice dishes.
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