Quinoa Stir fry
Description
Quinoa cooks faster than rice and can be turned into a quick meal to please the crowd. When making dishes with quinoa, it is better to finely dice the vegetables to blend well with the small grain.
Method:
- Put a pot on medium heat and dry roast cloves, cardamon, and cinnamon stick. Add quinoa and toast it for few minutes. Add 8 cups of water and put the lid on for it to cook. You can add 1/2 teaspoon of salt (optional). Alternately, you can also cook quinoa in a rice cooker or Instant pot.
- You can either finely dice all the vegetables or use a food processor to finely chop them.
- In a separate pan, saute all the vegetables. Add salt, turmeric, paprika and keep stirring until water is absorbed from vegetables. Add raisins, chopped cilantro, basil, thyme.
- Add cooked quinoa to the pan and stir it well. Turn of the stove and drizzle some sliced almonds or toasted nuts.
Ingredients
4 cups quinoa
2 cloves
1 cardamom
1 cinnamon stick
All vegetables finely diced
1 orange pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
1 carrot
1 small beet
1 celery stick
1 cup grated cauliflower
1 cup corn
A handful of raisins
1/2 cup basil leaves, chopped
1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
Sliced almonds for garnishing