Quinoa
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2
 
Ingredients
  • Quinoa – 1 cup
  • Water - 1 ½ cups
  • Salt as required
  • Oil – 1 tbsp
  • Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  • Urad dal – ½ tsp
  • Curry leaves - a sprig
  • Red chilli – 3 nos
  • Asafetida or hing – a generous pinch
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Lemon, big – 1 no (or 2 if small)
Instructions
  1. Wash the quinoa thoroughly in water, add 1 ½ or 2 cups of water and enough salt and pressure cook for three whistles.
  2. Squeeze the juice of lemon and keep it ready. Heat a tempering ladle with oil and temper with mustard and urad dal. When they start to sizzle, add split red chillies and curry leaves. Add turmeric powder and hing. Switch off the flame and add lemon juice.
  3. Add the tempering to the cooked quinoa. Mix well and serve it hot with potato fry or chips on the side. Enjoy! 
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at https://myediblecravings.com/quinoa/