Moroccan salad featuring rice, beets, and shrimp.

Moroccan salad featuring rice, beets, and shrimp.

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A beautiful plate featuring: a rice salad with fruits and pistachios in the center, surrounded by beetroot, potato, green beans, and carrots.

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This salad features a central rice salad with grapes, pistachios, pineapple, and apple, surrounded by several smaller vegetable salads. It is dressed with an orange mayonnaise and garnished with shrimp. It is easily customizable with other ingredients.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr
  • Cook time30 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total2 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodassembly
  • Estimated cost$12.67 $3.17 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Low lactose

Ingredients

4 people

Rice salad

  • $0.58
  • $0.38
  • $0.77
  • $0.28
  • $0.20
  • $0.12
  • $0.27
  • $0.15
  • $0.28

Beetroot

  • $0.15
  • $0.40
  • $0.04

potato

  • $0.87
  • $0.42
  • $0.30

green bean

  • $1.39
  • $0.10
  • $0.60
  • $0.04

carrot

  • $0.38
  • $0.10
  • $0.40
  • $0.04

Decoration

  • $3.99
  • $0.42

Prices from US supermarkets for 20 of 25 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, combine the rice, drained grapes, pistachios, corn, pineapple, apple, pickles, red onion, cilantro, and orange mayonnaise. ≈ 4 min
  2. In a separate bowl, combine the beetroot, shallots, salt, and oil paint. ≈ 4 min
  3. Combine the baked apples with the cilantro and mayonnaise. ≈ 4 min
  4. Make green beans “jump” by sautéing them with garlic and parsley.
  5. Do the same with the carrots, garlic, and parsley. ≈ 3 min
  6. Using a bowl, arrange the rice salad in the center of the plate. ≈ 2 min
  7. Arrange the beet, potato, green bean, and carrot salads around the main dish. ≈ 3 min
  8. Dress the rice salad with a mayonnaise-orange dressing, top with a slice of pineapple, and garnish with peeled shrimp. ≈ 2 min
  9. Arrange the quail eggs around the plate. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Moroccan salad featuring rice, beets, and shrimp.

  • 200 g of cooked white rice$0.58
  • 50 g of grapes, soaked for 1 hour$0.38
  • 50 g of chopped pistachios$0.77
  • 50 g of sweet corn$0.28
  • 50 g of pineapple, diced$0.20
  • 50 g of peeled, cored, and diced apples$0.12
  • 50 g of pickled gherkins, chopped$0.27
  • 1 new onion, chopped$0.15
  • 50 g of orange mayonnaise$0.28
  • 1 chopped young onion$0.15
  • 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil$0.40
  • salt$0.04
  • Terracotta apple pieces$0.87
  • mayonnaise$0.42
  • chopped cilantro$0.30
  • 200 g of cooked green beans$1.39
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped$0.10
  • 75 ml of olive oil$0.60
  • salt$0.04
  • 2 cooked carrots, diced$0.38
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped$0.10
  • 50 ml of olive oil$0.40
  • salt$0.04
  • 1 pineapple, peeled and cored$3.99
  • orange mayonnaise$0.42

Total$12.67

that's $3.17 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 200 g of cooked white rice
  • 50 g of grapes, soaked for 1 hour
  • 50 g of chopped pistachios
  • 50 g of sweet corn
  • 50 g of pineapple, diced
  • 50 g of peeled, cored, and diced apples
  • 50 g of pickled gherkins, chopped
  • 1 small bunch of cilantro, chopped
  • 1 new onion, chopped
  • 50 g of orange mayonnaise
  • 2 cooked beets, diced
  • 1 chopped young onion
  • 50 ml of extra virgin olive oil
  • salt
  • Terracotta apple pieces
  • mayonnaise
  • chopped cilantro
  • 200 g of cooked green beans
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • About a handful of chopped parsley
  • 75 ml of olive oil
  • salt
  • 2 cooked carrots, diced
  • 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 1 small bunch of chopped parsley
  • 50 ml of olive oil
  • salt
  • 4 cooked shrimp
  • 1 pineapple, peeled and cored
  • 4 hard-boiled quail eggs
  • orange mayonnaise

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