By combining brown rice with barley, you lower the overall GI of the meal. Adding spices and roasting the chickpeas is a great way to add lots of flavor. Low fat yogurt is fantastic for creating healthy, creamy dressings.

Serves 4 
Preparation time: 20 minutes   Cooking time: 25 minutes
140 g (5 oz/2⁄3 cup) brown rice
160 g (51⁄2 oz/3⁄4 cup) pearl barley
3 teaspoons ground cumin
1 small (around 250 g/9 oz) orange sweet potato, peeled, cut into 2 cm (3⁄4 in) pieces
1 red (Spanish) onion, cut into thin wedges
400 g (14 oz) can chickpeas, rinsed, drained
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon paprika
1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon olive oil
45 g (11⁄2 oz/1⁄3 cup) currants
50 g (13⁄4 oz/1⁄3 cup) lightly toasted slivered almonds
2 tablespoons freshly chopped coriander
11⁄2 cups rocket leaves
11⁄2 cups baby rocket leaves
salt and freshly ground black pepper
Yoghurt Tahini Dressing (see recipe page 174), to serve

By combining brown rice with barley, you lower the overall
GI of the meal. Adding spices and roasting the chickpeas is
a great way to add lots of flavour. Low fat yoghurt is fantastic for creating healthy, creamy dressings.

1. Preheat oven to 180˚C (350˚F/Gas 4). Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. Cook the brown rice and pearl barley in two separate large saucepans of boiling water, with one teaspoon of cumin added to each pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes,
or until al dente (the pearl barley will take a little longer).
Drain well.
3. Meanwhile, place the sweet potato, onion and chickpeas in a large bowl. Mix the remaining cumin, ground coriander, paprika, turmeric and the oil together, then add to the bowl with the sweet potato mixture and toss to coat evenly. Place the mixture in a single layer on the prepared baking tray and bake for 20 minutes, or until the sweet potato is just tender.
4. Toss the rice, barley, sweet potato mixture, currants, almonds, chopped coriander, rocket and baby rocket leaves together in a large bowl. Season and serve drizzled with
a little Yoghurt Tahini Dressing.

2519 kJ (602 Cal), 16 g fat (saturated 2 g),
14 g fibre, 20 g protein, 87 g carbohydrate

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The Low GI Vegetarian Cookbook by Prof Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell and Kate Marsh with Philippa Sandall Copyright Hachette Australia 2006
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