Quinoa Indian Fusion

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Quinoa Indian Fusion

Ingredients
1 cup qunioa
1 Tablespoon sesame oil
1/2 Teaspoon turmeric powder
1 Tablespoon mustard seeds
1 Tablespoon urad dal
1 Tablespoon chana dal
chopped cilantro
diced onions
one potatio
peas
cut carrots
broccoli
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 cups of water
season black pepper to taste
add salt to taste

Instructions
If your quinoa does not come pre-rinsed, please rinse the quinoa to get rid of saponin which might impart a slightly bitter taste.

Boil the potatoes and cut to small cubes

Saute onions first in part of the sesame oil.

Separately heat the remaining sesame oil with mustard seeds, urad dal, and chana dal.  Once the mustard seeds start popping, this is done.

To the onions, add the seasoning from the previous step and also add peas, carrots, pea pods and broccoli.  Add turmeric, salt,  and stir fry for 5 minutes.

Finally, add the potatoes and mix it in for a minute

Separately, boil water in a covered pan and add quinoa to the boiling water.  Reduce the heat and let the quinoa simmer in the covered pan.  Check occasionally to ensure that all the water has not evaporated.  Depending on the heat, and gas versus electric, in about 10 minutes or so, the quinoa should be cooked.  It shoudl appear fluffy and all water should have evaporated.

Now drain any extra water (if it is still there and the quinoa is already cooked).

Add the quinoa to the sauteed vegetables, add black pepper as necessary and mix it in for a couple of minutes.

Put the chopped cilantro on the top and serve.