Recipe - Rice Salad With Wasabi Dressing

DRESSING
2 teaspoon Wasabi powder*
1 tablespoon Soy sauce
One fourth cup Rice wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Sesame oil
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Ground white pepper
One half teaspoon Grated lemon zest

SALAD
3 Green onions
1 Sweet red bell pepper
1 small Cucumber; peeled
2 cup Cooked white or brown rice

*Wasabi powder can be found in Oriental food markets

For dressing, mix wasabi powder with 1 t. warm water and let stand 10
minutes. Combine all dressing ingredients and and whisk until smooth. For
salad, thinly slice green onions on the diagonal. Core, seed and dice red
pepper. Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and scoop out seeds. Cut
cucumber crosswise into crescentshaped slices. Add vegetables and rice to
dressing and toss well.

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