Curried quinoa with vegetables

Curried quinoa is a simple and flavorful Indian-style quinoa dish flavored with Indian spices and loaded with vegetables. This spiced quinoa can be served as a main course dish as well as a hearty salad. It's vegan and gluten-free.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Indian

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 137kcal

Author Vandana Chauhan

Equipment

Cooking pot

Ingredients

Ingredients to cook quinoa

½ cup quinoa
1 cup water/ vegetable stock

Other ingredients

2 cups vegetables chopped into small pieces I have used cauliflower, carrot, potato, French beans, and green peas.
1 small onion finely chopped
1 medium-sized tomato finely chopped
1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
1-2 green chilies finely chopped
A handful of fresh cilantro roughly chopped
1 teaspoon black mustard seeds
½ tablespoon coriander powder
½ teaspoon red chili powder
¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
½ teaspoon garam masala
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
½ tablespoon cooking oil of choice
½ cup water or as required to cook vegetables

Instructions

Rinse quinoa and put in a cooking pot. Add water and cook uncovered on a medium flame for around 15 minutes or until all the water gets absorbed.
Switch off the stove and cover the pot with a lid. Don't remove the lid for 5 minutes, after that fluff quinoa with a fork and keep aside.
Heat oil in a cooking pot. Add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
Add chopped onion and cook until it starts turning brown.
Add ginger-garlic paste and saute for about a minute.
Next, add red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, ground black pepper, and garam masala. Saute for a few seconds.
Add chopped tomatoes, green chilies, and salt. Mix and cook until the tomatoes turn mushy.
Once the tomatoes are cooked add chopped vegetables.
Saute vegetables for about 1-2 minutes and then add around ½ a cup of water. Mix and cover the pot with a lid. Cook on medium until the vegetables are cooked. The vegetables should be cooked but should remain slightly crunchy.
Add cooked quinoa, mix and cover the cooking pot with a lid again. Leave for 1-2 minutes then switch off the stove.
Garnish with chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

Notes

For more flavor, cook quinoa in vegetable stock instead of water.
Follow the recipe instructions carefully to make sure that the quinoa doesn't turn mushy.
Add fresh lime juice to the final dish. It makes curried quinoa more refreshing and flavorful.
Feel free to add vegetables of your choice.
You can also add boiled chickpeas or any other beans of your choice.
More recipe tips and tricks are given within the post above, please follow them to make this recipe.

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