Delicious Green Curry Flavoured Quinoa with Pickled Vegetables
- 125 gms Chef Urbano White Quinoa
- 20ml tablespoon oil
- 80gm finely chopped medium onion
- 5gm finely chopped ginger
- 5gm chopped green chilies
- 1 dry red chilli stem removed
- 5 to 6 curry leaves
- 3gm mustard seeds
- 3gm cumin seeds
- 5gm urad dal
- 5gm moong dal or Chana dal
- 50gm finely chopped carrots
- 40gm finely chopped French beans
- 80gm frozen peas
- 250ml water
- 30gm chopped coriander leaves
- To taste Chef Urbano Himalayan Pink Salt
- Pickled vegetables 20gm
- 20gm assorted micro cress
- 10gm edamame
- 10gm baby radish
- Green curry paste
INSTRUCTIONS :
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- Take Chef Urbano White Quinoa in a fine strainer and rinse well in running water.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds.
- Once the mustard seeds begin crackling, then add cumin seeds, urad dal and moong dal or Chana dal.
- Stir and sauté on a low flame. Sauté till the urad dal and moong dal turn golden.
- Then add finely chopped ginger, chopped green chilies, dry red chilli and a pinch of asafoetida (optional).
- Sauté for about half a minute.
- Next add finely chopped medium onion and curry leaves.
- Stir and sauté on a low to medium flame.
- Sauté till the onions become translucent.
- Then add finely chopped carrots, finely chopped French beans and frozen peas. Mix well.
- Sauté on a low flame for two minutes. Add green curry paste.
- Then add the Chef Urbano Quinoa. Mix very well again.
- Sauté for a minute or two on low flame.
- Then add water.
- Stir well. Add Chef Urbano Himalayan Pink Salt as per taste.
- Cover the pan with its lid and simmer on a low flame till the quinoa seeds are cooked.
- Once or twice you can stir it while it’s being simmered.
- When all the water has been absorbed and the grains appear translucent and cooked well, remove the lid and switch off the flame.
- Add coriander leaves.
- Give a quick stir and serve vegetable quinoa hot or warm with a few pickled vegetables and some green pea puree.