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Ingredients

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1/3 cup Quinoa
2/3 cup Water
1/4 cup Mint
2 tbsp Coriander
1 Green chiily
1 Onion
1 Clove
1/2" piece Cimmamon
1 tbsp Ghee
To taste Salt

Spicy mint quinoa

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Spicy Mint Quinoa ia a very healthy one pot meal with quinoa. This dish is flavoured with mint and coriander and is best served at lunch with raita

  • 15 mins
  • Serves 2
  • Easy

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This journey from rice to quinoa has been very good. When I first started using quinoa as a replacement for rice, I feel it might be a short-lived journey. Being a pucca madrasi I thought I couldn’t manage without eating our staple rice but I have been on this for nearly 2 years now. I make every possible rice one-pot meal either with quinoa or with millets. Now we are so used to this taste and texture that we do not crave for rice any more. So continuing with one pot meal with quinoa, today it is Spicy Mint quinoa. This is for the alphabet M for the pulav series with millets that I am blogging for this month.

spicy mint quinoa

Spicy Mint Quinoa

This month for the Food Bloggers recipe Swap challenge and Social Media, I have been paired with Shalini who blogs at F for Flavour. I loved the name of her blog and when I searched her blog for an apt recipe which would suit my diet, I saw this Mint rice for lunch box. What caught my eye was the vibrant green colour of the rice. I made a minor change of substituting the rice with quinoa and the outcome was amazing. This one-pot meal has a lovely flavour which is not overpowering. Thank you, Shalini for this lovely recipe.

The other one pot meal which I have cooked for this pulav fest is

 

Steps

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Wash and rinse the quinoa and soak the quinoa in water for 20 minutes. Drain and pressure cook it up to 3 whistles. Let it cool and then fluff it up.

2
Done

Grind the mint, coriander and green chillies with minimum water into a smooth paste

3
Done

Heat ghee in a pan. Add the cinnamon and cloves and fry for few seconds.

4
Done

Now add the ground paste and fry till there is no more moisture. Add the necessary salt.

5
Done

Now add the cooked quinoa, mix well and serve warm

Spicy Mint Quinoa

Veena
Spicy Mint Quinoa ia a very healthy one pot meal with quinoa. This dish is flavoured with mint and coriander and is best served at lunch with raita
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Calories 412 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 Cup Quinoa
  • 2/3 Cup Water
  • 1/4 Cup Mint
  • 2 tbsp Coriander
  • 1 Green chilly
  • 1 Onion
  • 1 Clove
  • 1/2 Inch Cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp Ghee
  • To Taste Salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash and rinse the quinoa and soak the quinoa in water for 20 minutes. Drain and pressure cook it up to 3 whistles. Let it cool and then fluff it up.
  • Grind the mint, coriander and green chillies with minimum water into a smooth paste
  • Heat ghee in a pan. Add the cinnamon and cloves and fry for few seconds.
  • Now add the ground paste and fry till there is no more moisture. Add the necessary salt.
  • Now add the cooked quinoa, mix well and serve warm

Nutrition

Sodium: 24mgCalcium: 79mgVitamin C: 76mgVitamin A: 960IUSugar: 7gFiber: 8gPotassium: 689mgCholesterol: 38mgCalories: 412kcalSaturated Fat: 10gFat: 19gProtein: 11gCarbohydrates: 53gIron: 4mg
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24 Comments Hide Comments

The green paste has become my recent favorite base for the rice dishes. It adds vibrant color and loads of flavor to the dish. Mint quinoa dish looks inviting with the fried cashews.

We always hesitate when it comes to avoiding rice, but once we start with the substitution, it becomes so much easier. Even I can relate to that. This green pulao with quinoa looks fantastic.

I was meaning to replace rice with millets for sometime and this mega BM seemed an apt theme to experiment with. Could not join the month long BM!

Green, mint quinoa looks so refreshing and sounds like a filling meal with some raita.

Mint rice with quinoa is lovely and delicious one. Good that you have completed given up rice for two years. I am trying to avoid rice but in the end have to somehow consume it. I like variety rice with millets rather than eating them separately.

Pulao with quinoa looks absolutely delicious. Perfectly goes for lunchboxes and never tried quinoa before.will try this soon.Lovely share.

Mint quinoa pulao is a very nutritious and rich in flavours dis. I too made it for Marathon, but used rice .. really appreciate how to substitute rice with healthy grains.

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24 Comments Hide Comments

The green paste has become my recent favorite base for the rice dishes. It adds vibrant color and loads of flavor to the dish. Mint quinoa dish looks inviting with the fried cashews.

We always hesitate when it comes to avoiding rice, but once we start with the substitution, it becomes so much easier. Even I can relate to that. This green pulao with quinoa looks fantastic.

I was meaning to replace rice with millets for sometime and this mega BM seemed an apt theme to experiment with. Could not join the month long BM!

Green, mint quinoa looks so refreshing and sounds like a filling meal with some raita.

Mint rice with quinoa is lovely and delicious one. Good that you have completed given up rice for two years. I am trying to avoid rice but in the end have to somehow consume it. I like variety rice with millets rather than eating them separately.

Pulao with quinoa looks absolutely delicious. Perfectly goes for lunchboxes and never tried quinoa before.will try this soon.Lovely share.

Mint quinoa pulao is a very nutritious and rich in flavours dis. I too made it for Marathon, but used rice .. really appreciate how to substitute rice with healthy grains.

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