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One Pan Indian Quinoa Recipe 

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Servings: 2 cups

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.