Rice salad with wasabi dressing

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       Title: RICE SALAD WITH WASABI DRESSING
  Categories: Salads, Vegetarian
       Yield: 4 servings
  
 -------------------------DRESSING-------------------------
       2 ts Wasabi powder*
       1 tb Soy sauce
     1/4 c  Rice wine vinegar
       1 tb Sesame oil
       1 ts Sugar
       1 ts Ground white pepper
     1/2 ts Grated lemon zest
 
 ---------------------------SALAD---------------------------
       3    Green onions
       1    Sweet red bell pepper
       1 sm Cucumber; peeled
       2 c  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 crescent-shaped slices. Add vegetables and rice
   to dressing and toss well.
   
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