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Pudina Quinoa Recipe

May 28, 2019

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Pudina Quinoa Recipe - Recipe image with step-by-step cooking instructions
Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 20 M|Total: 30 M
Makes:4 Servings
Meal:Lunch
Cuisine:Indian

Pudina Quinoa Recipe is a simple recipe where cooked quinoa is tossed with whole spices and mint leaves to make a delicious Indian style quinoa dish. Made similar to an Pudina Pulao Recipe, here rice is replaced with healthy high fiber quinoa.

Quinoa is a powerhouse of nutrition, rich in fiber, iron, other minerals like manganese, magnesium, phosphorous, copper, zinc. Quinoa is a gluten free grain and is perfect for people who are gluten intolerant. It also has a low glycemic index and hence is good for blood sugar control.

Serve Pudina Quinoa Recipe for lunch along with Dhingri Matar or a simple  Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita. You can also pack Pudina Quinoa along with snacks like Nutty Oats Almond Truffle or Sprouted Ragi & Rajma Cutlets for your office lunch box.

If you like this recipe try our other Quinoa Recipes:

  1. Herbed Butter Garlic Quinoa Recipe
  2. Tomato Quinoa Recipe - With A South Indian Twist
  3. Quinoa Vangi Bath Recipe

Watch video recipe of Pudina Quinoa Recipe


Ingredients

    1 cup Quinoa
    1 Onion, finely chopped
    6 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
    1 Green Chilli, slit
    1 inch Cinnamon Stick (Dalchini)
    2 Cloves (Laung)
    2 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds
    1/4 Mint Leaves (Pudina), finely chopped
    Salt
    1 teaspoon Ghee

Instructions for Pudina Quinoa Recipe

    1

    To begin making Pudina Quinoa Recipe first wash 1 cup quinoa and soak for two hours. Make sure you wash quinoa nicely to remove any dirt.

    2

    Heat ghee into the pressure cooker and once the ghee is hot add the garlic and onions and saute till the onions soften.

    3

    Stir in the green chilli, quinoa and the dry spices, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom. Add salt to taste and toss everything on high heat for two minutes.

    4

    Add two cups of water and give two whistles. After two whistles reduce the flame to low and simmer the quinoa for 15 minutes and turn off the heat.

    5

    Allow the pressure release naturally. After you open the pressure cooker with the help of a spoon fluff up the quinoa.

    6

    Add the finely chopped mint leaves and combine Pudina Quinoa. Turn off the flame and remove Pudina Quinoa into a serving bowl.

    7

    Serve Pudina Quinoa Recipe for lunch along with Dhingri Matar or a simple  Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita. You can also pack Pudina Quinoa along with snacks like Nutty Oats Almond Truffle or Sprouted Ragi & Rajma Cutlets for your office lunch box.

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