Minty quinoa
Fancy, mildly spices and healthy side dish.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Side dish
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 small chilli pepper, minced
- small handful of cashews
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- oil for cooking
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook quinoa as it says on a package.
- Heat a pan over medium heat. Add oil and cumin seeds. Wait until they are fragrant and throw in cashews. Fry them until they start to brown and add onion.
- Sauté onions for 5 minutes until they are translucent. Add chilli pepper.
- Grind mint leaves in a paste and add to the pan together with turmeric powder. Stir.
- Mix in cooked quinoa and season with salt and pepper.
Notes
You can use any leftover grains in this recipe.
Nutrition
- Calories: 442
- Sugar: 2.9g
- Sodium: 24mg
- Fat: 12.8g
- Saturated Fat: 1.9g
- Carbohydrates: 67.2g
- Fiber: 10.7g
- Protein: 16.1g
- Cholesterol: 0g
Keywords: quinoa, spicy, mint, cashews, Indian, vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free
Find it online: https://www.slavicvegan.com/2018/12/01/minty-quinoa/