Quintessential Quinoa - A miracle grain

Quinoa is a gluten-free whole grain rich in protein. It is recently becoming popular with its origin from South America. When cooked, Quinoa has a nice fluffy and nutty taste. It is a good alternative to whole wheat and brown rice.

Organic Quinoa from Costco

Ingredients:

Quinoa - 1 cup
Garlic - 2 pods
Red/Yellow onion - 1/2
water - 1 1/4 cups
salt

Finely chop the onion and garlic. Quinoa can be cooked in a no-hassle way using pressure cooker.
Take a pressure cooker. Saute onion and garlic in the cooker without adding oil/water for 2 minutes.
Add Quinoa and saute a little. Finally, add water and salt to Quinoa. Close the cooker with whistle-on and wait for the cooker to reach full pressure. Now reduce the flame to medium. Switch off the flame in 5 minutes. Serve with sambar / any curry.

Our Lunch today

(Carrot, bell-pepper and potato fry, Okra fry, Sambhar and Quinoa)

Recipe courtesy: Veggie queen