Vegan Black Rice Crunch Salad With Creamy Curried Cashew Dressing Recipe

This salad is everything. savory, sweet, subtly spicy, crunchy, juicy, nutty, chewy, and altogether wonderful. instead of using a mayo-or oil-heavy base for the dressing, this creamy cashew curry dressing is made by blending soaked cashews, filtered water, curry powder, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, pure maple syrup, and sea salt. the result is a flavorful, velvety, spicy-sweet dressing with a swoon-worthy pale golden hue. the dressing is poured over a swath perfectly chewy black rice, juicy red grapes, diced green apple, thinly sliced celery, scallions, raisins, and cilantro.