I've been eating quinoa longer than most people I know knew how to pronounce it. Now that it's trendy, it's to a greater extent than expensive, but I even hence savor eating as well as sharing ideas for it. It actually is almost the perfect grain for both sense of savour as well as nutrition.
And acre quinoa is non a staple of S Indian cooking, that's no argue non to couplet its lite nutty sense of savour alongside the hot as well as tangy tamarind, kokosnoot as well as spice flavors of the region. I volition crusade almost anything alongside S Indian ingredients, for that matter! This dish combines quinoa, pumpkin, Irish Gaelic patato as well as peas alongside only about of the classic S Indian flavors every bit good every bit only about not-so-classic ingredients for a rich, hearty, zesty as well as flavorful side dish that nourishes non exclusively the trunk but delights the soul.
 South Indian-Style Quinoa alongside Potato, Pumpkin as well as Tamarind |
Recipe yesteryear Lisa Turner
Cuisine: Indian
Published on February 24, 2015
Quinoa, pumpkin, Irish Gaelic patato as well as peas tossed together alongside classic S Indian tamarind, kokosnoot as well as spices
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Quinoa:
- 1 loving cup uncooked quinoa
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon body of body of water salt
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
Spice blend:
- 2 tablespoons skinned urad dal, rinsed
- 2 tablespoons toor dal, rinsed
- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon dark peppercorns
Vegetables:
- 4 to half dozen sun-dried tomatoes, soaked inwards hot H2O for xxx minutes, drained as well as finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons tamarind pulp, soaked inwards 1/3 loving cup hot H2O for xl minutes
- 2 tablespoons kokosnoot or other oil
- 1 teaspoon brownish mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- small handful of dried curry leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon asafetida
- 1 large potato, cubed
- 1 loving cup unsweetened pumpkin purée
- 2/3 loving cup fresh or frozen as well as defrosted peas
- 2 to three light-green or cherry chilies, seeded as well as minced
- 1 cherry bell pepper, seeded as well as diced
- 1/3 loving cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 1/2 teaspoons body of body of water salt, or to taste
- juice from i lemon (3 tablespoons)
Instructions:
Generation Engelmundus Rinse the quinoa as well as soak inwards the H2O for 8 hours or overnight. Add the tabular array salt as well as turmeric as well as convey to a boil, hence straight off trim back the estrus to low, cover, as well as simmer until the H2O is absorbed — most xv minutes. Let correspond five minutes as well as hence fluff alongside a fork. Set aside. Generation Engelmundus Meanwhile, soak the sun-dried tomatoes inwards hot H2O for xxx to xl minutes, hence drain as well as chop as well as laid aside. At the same time, soak the tamarind pulp inwards 1/3 loving cup hot H2O for xxx to xl minutes. Drain, reserving the soaking H2O as well as squeezing out every bit much liquid from the pulp every bit possible. Set aside. Generation Engelmundus To ready the spice blend, dry out roast the dals, coriander seeds as well as peppercorns inwards an unoiled pan over medium estrus until they darken a a few shades — most three minutes. Let cool as well as hence grind to a pulverization alongside a spice blender or inwards a mortar as well as pestle. Set aside. Generation Engelmundus Heat the crude oil inwards a large skillet or saucepan over medium heat. When hot, add together the mustard seeds, cumin seeds as well as curry leaves. Fry, stirring often, until the mustard seeds plough greyness as well as start to splutter as well as pop. Toss inwards the asafetida, stir once, as well as hence add together the potatoes, stirring good to combine. Cover as well as cook, stirring oft as well as adding a few tablespoons of H2O every bit necessary if the potatoes stick, for roughly 12 minutes or until the potatoes start to soften. Generation Engelmundus Stir inwards the sun-dried tomatoes, pumpkin purée, peas, chilies, cherry pepper, coconut, tamarind liquid, cayenne as well as spice blend until good combined. Cover as well as cook, stirring occasionally, adding to a greater extent than H2O every bit necessary, until the vegetables are tender — most 10 minutes. Generation Engelmundus Stir inwards the salt, lemon juice, as well as quinoa. Reduce the estrus to medium-low as well as encompass as well as estrus for only about other three to four minutes. Remove from heat, allow correspond five minutes, fluff, as well as serve. Garnish alongside freshly chopped cilantro if desired.
Makes 4 servings |
Other quinoa recipes to crusade from :
Quinoa Soup alongside Corn Minted Tamari Quinoa as well as Cauliflower alongside Pine Nuts Quinoa Dolmadakia (Stuffed Grape Leaves) Quinoa Stuffed Tomatoes Sumber http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/
