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One Pan Indian Quinoa RecipeÂ
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
40
minutes
mins
Servings:
2
cups
Author:
Uma Raghupathi
Ingredients
Ingredients:
1
cup
Quinoa
1
cup
chopped onions
½
cup
chopped bell pepper
¼
cup
or 1 carrot
1
cup
Tomato sauce
see notes
¼
teaspoon
Turmeric powder
½
teaspoon
red chili powder
1
can Chickpeas
1
bay leaf
1
teaspoon
cumin seeds
½
teaspoon
Ground cinnamon
cloves, and cardamom. ( see notes)
Salt to taste
2
and ½ cup water
3
teaspoon
Olive oil
Instructions
Place a hot pan and drizzle a couple of teaspoons of olive oil. Saute the bay leaf and cumin seeds.
As the cumin seeds fry, add ground cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom and saute them evenly.
Add chopped onions and sauté until they turn transparent and then add chopped bell pepper and chopped carrots and continue to stir well.
Now, add turmeric powder, chili powder and salt. Stir well and cover the lid for 40 seconds to a minute.
Add Quinoa and tomato sauce and stir well. See my notes below for tomato sauce details.
Add _ cups water and cover the lid and let it simmer.
After a couple of minutes, add cooked Chickpeas and let it simmer for another couple of minutes.
Garnish with cilantro.
Notes
Tomato sauce is pureed tomatoes, pre-seasoned with garlic, salt, peppers, onions and oregano.