Curd quinoa
how to make curd quinoa recipe
Servings: 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- salt to taste
- 1 cup thick curd
- 1/8 cup chopped cucumber
- 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Tempering
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 3/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp chana dal
- 1 tsp urad dal
- 1 tbsp ginger chopped
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 2 no red chillies - broken
- a few cashews
Instructions
- Heat oil in a cooker and add the washed quinoa to it.
- Fry for a couple of minutes until it pops.
- While it pops, add 1.5 cups water, close and cook for 18-20 minutes in medium heat.
- Open and check to find all the water absorbed and quinoa is sprouted.
- Transfer the cooked quinoa to a bowl along with thick curd, salt, chopped cucumber and chopped coriander leaves.
- Mix well and keep it aside.
- For tempering: heat oil in a pan and crackle mustard seeds and add cumin seeds, chana dal, urad dal, red chillies, curry leaves, chopped ginger and few cashews.
- Fry until dals are slightly brown and cashews are firm.
- Add the tempering to the curd quinoa and mix well.
- serve fresh.