Rice With Quinoa Recipe- Pressure Cooker Method

Rice with Quinoa Recipe is a simple dish to make in the pressure cooker and can be eaten with any dal, kadhi, curry or gravy. Mixing quinoa with rice helps you get more fiber in your diet.

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Rice With Quinoa Recipe- Pressure Cooker Method
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Rice with Quinoa recipe is easy to make in a pressure cooker. Both the grains are mixed and washed and cooked together and so it saves you time. Addition of quinoa lifts your normal white rice to a whole other nutrition level.

Did you know that Quinoa is actually not a grain, but a pseudo-cereal, a seed that is prepared and consumed like a grain. It is high in many nutrients, and is often referred to as a "super food."

Quinoa is a gluten free ingredient that makes it an excellent food for people who are following a gluten free diet. It is considered as a seed that contains twice the amount of fiber when compared to other grains. It is also rich in protein and can be replaced in dishes that use rice for a healthy diet.helps you get more fiber in your diet.

Serve Rice And Quinoa with Masoor Dal GassiMuttaikose Poriyal and a bowl of curd.

Try more such Quinoa Recipes like : 

  1. Quinoa With Grilled Zucchini & Chickpea Recipe
  2. Quinoa Sweet Paniyaram Recipe
  3. Mexican Brown Rice and Quinoa Casserole Recipe
  4. Quinoa Vegetable Khichdi/ Upma Recipe

 

Cuisine: Indian
Course: Lunch
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

30 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Rice
  • 1/2 cup Quinoa
  • 2 cups Water
  • Salt , (if required)

How to make Rice With Quinoa Recipe- Pressure Cooker Method

  1. To begin making Rice with Quinoa Recipe, first rinse the rice and quinoa together well under running water.

  2. Place rice and quinoa along with two cups of water in the pan of the pressure cooker.

  3. Keep the weight on, cover the pressure cooker. Cook the rice in the pressure cooker on medium high heat and after the first whistle turn the heat to low.

  4. Once you turn the heat to low, simmer the rice for 3 minutes. 

  5. After 3 minutes, turn off the heat and allow the pressure to release naturally and then open the pressure. 

  6. Serve Rice And Quinoa with Masoor Dal GassiMuttaikose Poriyal and a bowl of curd.