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How to Cook Quinoa – Quinoa Recipe

July 18, 2016 By Aarthi 4 Comments

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SOURCE: WIKI

Quinoa in Spanish, (/ˈkiːnoʊ.ə/, from Quechua kinwa or kinuwa)[2] is a species of the goosefoot genus (Chenopodium quinoa), a grain crop grown primarily for its edibleseeds. It is a pseudocereal, similar in some respects to buckwheat, rather than a true cereal, as it is not a member of the true grass family. As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beetroots, spinach and tumbleweeds. As a member of the Amaranthaceae family, it is related to and resembles amaranth, which is also a pseudocereal. After harvest, the seeds must be processed to remove the coating containing the bitter-tasting saponins. The seeds are in general cooked the same way as rice and can be used in a wide range of dishes. The leaves are eaten as a leaf vegetable, much like amaranth, but commercial availability of quinoa greens is limited.

It is the first time i ever attempted to cook quinoa. To my surprise it turned out to be delicious, i loved it. To my tastebuds it almost tasted like wheat rava. I used this cooked quinoa to make fried rice and loved it.Planning to try few more recipes as well.

Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

Preparation Time : 5 mins
Cooking Time : 25 mins
Serves: 2 to 4


Ingredients:

Quinoa – 1 cup
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Water – 2 cup
Oil – 1/2 tsp

Method:

Wash and drain quinao. Heat oil in a sauce pan, add the quinao and toast for 30 seconds. 

Now add in water and salt. Mix well. Bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame, cover with a lid and cook for 15 to 20 mins till quinao has absorbed all the water.

Now set aside covered for 5 mins.

Now fluff it up and serve.

Pictorial:

Measure your quinao

rinse it well and drain it

heat litte oil in a sauce pan

add quinao

fry for 30 sec

add water

add salt

bring it to a boil

cover and simmer the pan and cook for 10 mins

now it is all done
cover and set aside for 5 mins

fluff up and serve

enjoy

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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Anonymous

    July 18, 2016 at 11:39 am

    Share more recipes, where do we get

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  2. Robart Lnee

    July 23, 2016 at 7:28 am

    Really nice post

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  3. Rajan

    October 22, 2016 at 8:00 am

    Good one…what's the Tamil name for this quinao?

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  4. Vishaa

    September 25, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    Does it helps in weight losss??

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