Peach and Cashew Biryani Salad

dressing

• 1/3 cup olive oil
• lemon juice of one
• 1/2 cardamom powder
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 clove powder
• pinch salt
• pinch black pepper

salad

• 1/2 tsp saffron threads
• 1/2 red onion cut into half inch slices
• 2 cups broccoli florets
• 1 zucchini sliced in half lengthwise, or yellow squash, small
• 1 eggplant sliced in half lengthwise, small
• salt fresh cracked
• black pepper fresh cracked
• 1 cup cashew nuts raw
• olive oil vegetable oil, or coconut oil
• 1 cup green lentils cooked
• 5 cups basmati rice cooked
• 1 cup dried fruit I used apricots, peaches, plums, and raisins, chopped
• 1 cilantro chopped, bunch fresh
• 1 scallion thinly sliced, bunch

fried onions

• 1/2 yellow onion peeled and sliced paper thin
• vegetable oil or coconut oil, for frying