Easy Quinoa Salad Recipe
Quinoa salad. A healthy delicious and filling salad. A bowl of this refreshing salad is perfect breakfast or lunch for weight watchers.
Equipment
- 1 Knife
- 1 Grater
- 1 Pan or wok
- 1 Peeler 1/4
Ingredients
- cup Quinoa
- 3/4 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Sweet corn
- 1 Cucumber Peeled and chopped
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 1 Tomato Chopped
- 1/2 tsp Ginger
- 1/2 cup Broccoli florets
- 1 Carrot Peeled and grated
- 2-3 tbsp Cilantro or coriander leaves Chopped
- 1-2 Green chilli Finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- Black salt To taste
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper powder
- 5-6 Piece Pickled jalapeno Optional
- 2-4 tbsp Almond Dry roasted
- Mixed seeds To garnish
Instructions
- Wash the quinoa well. Use a strainer to rinse to avoid losing the small grains. Rub with your hand to ensure all surfaces are cleaned. Wash until water runs clear. Washing well will remove the bitterness of quinoa.
- Boil the quinoa with 3/4 cup water and little salt. When it starts to rolling boil reduce the heat. Cover and cook on simmer for 15 minutes or until quinoa becomes soft and water absorbed. Let it covered until cool down.
- Boil sweet corn with sufficient water for 5-8 minutes.
- Heat water with little salt. When water starts to boil add broccoli florets. Boil for 3 minutes. Immediately transfer the broccoli florets into cold water.
- Dry roast the almonds. You can use more almonds if you want. Chop the roasted almonds into small pieces.
- In a large bowl or plate combine blanched broccoli, boiled sweet corn, cucumber, grated carrot, tomato, boiled quinoa, chopped onion, cilantro or coriander leaves, black salt, lemon juice, grated ginger, finely chopped green chilli and shredded roasted almond. Mix everything well.
- I sometime add chopped avocado and roasted sweet potatoes. For roasting sweet potatoes peel and chop into cubes. Rinse and drain well. Marinate with salt and 1 teaspoon olive oil or any flavorless vegetable oil. Roast in oven till sweet potatoes becomes tender and light brown. Both sweet potatoes and avocado will make your salad more nutritious. Sweet potato will also give a mild sweetness and enhance the taste.
- Garnish with dry roasted mixed seeds. You can also use pickled Jalapeno or olive if you like the taste.
- Taste and add more salt, lemon juice and green chilli if required. If you are making for kids skip green chilli. Serve delicious, nutritious and filling quinoa salad
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Notes
1. Any vegetable or fruit can be used in the salad. You can use calcium, red or yellow bell peppers, avocado, sweet potato, pomegranate arils, small pieces of coconut etc. if you want.
2. You can use pickled Jalapeno or olive if you like.
3. Before serving taste and add more salt, ginger and green chilli if required.