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November 13, 2020 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Quinoa Kheer Recipe

No Diwali celebration is complete without a spoonful of that tasty, delicious kheer! It is the most versatile sweet and is extremely simple to make. In this recipe, we’re going to add a healthy twist to light up your Diwali with good health! Let’s try the exciting, healthy Quinoa Kheer recipe!

What You Will Need

Quinoa – ½ cup
Milk – 1½ cup
Ghee – 1 tsp
Cashews – 4 chopped
Almonds – 4 chopped
Walnuts – 4 chopped
Pistachios – 4 chopped
Jaggery – ½ cup
Saffron strands – 5-6

How To Prepare

Rinse and wash the Quinoa thoroughly and cook it in a pan at low to medium heat for 15-18 minutes. Once done, use a fork to mix it up and transfer it to a plate to avoid over cooking.
Heat a pan, add ghee and roast all the chopped nuts for 3-5 minutes until they slightly change the color.
Time to pour the milk. Keep the flame on medium and add the jaggery. Give it a nice mix and wait till the jaggery melts. It will take around 10 minutes.
Now, add the cooked Quinoa and mix it well and allow the kheer to simmer for 5 more minutes.
Soak the strands of saffron in some milk and then add it to the kheer. Give it a gentle mix and you will have the desired color of the kheer.
Your delicious Quinoa Kheer is ready! Serve hot.

Note: You can use oats instead of quinoa. Just replace the quinoa with oats and follow the same method.

Highlights of the Quinoa Kheer Recipe

With the goodness of healthy fats and protein, this sweet will be most loved by all!
It will provide more satiety in less quantity
Ideal for celebrating a healthy Diwali, guilt-free!

We hope you enjoy this Quinoa Kheer recipe and share the joy of guilt-free sweetness with your friends and family. Do let us know your thoughts in the comments below. For more Healthy Recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

Wish you all a happy and healthy Diwali!

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October 17, 2020 By Aruna Bhatia 3 Comments

Healthy Eating: Chinese Quinoa Pulao

Have you been craving for some delicious chinese food? Knowing that it might not be safe to order from your favorite restaurant or hit up your local street food joint yet, we’ve got an exciting recipe for you! Satisfy your cravings with this delicious Chinese Quinoa Pulao recipe that’s a healthy twist on fried rice!

What You Will Need

Quinoa – 1 cup
Water – 2 cups
Salt to taste
Black pepper powder – 1 tsp
Soya sauce – 1 tsp
Red chilli sauce – 1 tsp
Oil/Ghee – 2 tsp
Mixed vegetables (carrot, green beans, cabbage and capsicum) – 2 cups
Chopped onion – 1 medium
Chopped garlic pods – 3
Chopped green chilli – 1

How To Prepare

,Heat a pan with one tsp of oil/ghee
Add soaked, rinsed and strained quinoa.
Let it roast for a minute on a medium flame and keep stirring it.
Now add two cups of water to it and salt to taste.
Once it starts boiling, turn the flame on low, cover and cook it for 10 to 15 minutes. Keep checking to prevent burning.
After 15 minutes, switch the flame off and keep it covered for 5 minutes so it gets steam cooked. After 5 minutes check if the quinoa is cooked and not sticking to the pan.
Next we take another pan and add a spoon of oil to it. Once the oil is heated, add 2-3 garlic pods and chopped onion.
Slowly add chopped vegetables, a little salt and cover it for a minute till all vegetables are cooked but still crunchy.
Now add 1 tsp soya sauce, one tsp red chili sauce and half tsp black pepper powder. Give it all a mix.
Finally, add the cooked quinoa and stir it all well. Your Chinese Quinoa Pulao is ready!

Please Note: Quinoa has high quantities of saponin coatings on the outside of the kernel which is bitter to taste. So it’s very important to rinse it well after soaking it for at least 10-20 minutes. 1 cup of dry quinoa will give almost 3 cups of cooked quinoa.

Highlights of the Chinese Quinoa Pulao Recipe

It is a good one pot meal consisting of proportionate carbs, protein, fiber and fat.
It will give you a healthy satiety for your cravings for restaurant style Chinese food, without any guilt.
Suitable for balanced dinners, for weight loss, diabetics, PCOS and muscle builders as well.
This dish is excellent for vegetarians as they have to rely upon good sources of plant protein and quinoa is complete protein as it has all the essential amino acids which the body is unable to make itself

We hope you try and enjoy this delicious Chinese Quinoa Pulao recipe! Do leave your thoughts and feedback in the comments below! For more Healthy Recipes, check out Healthy Reads or tune in to LIVE cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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June 13, 2020 By Neha Goyal 1 Comment

Healthy Eating: Quinoa Chickpea Salad

How many times have we eaten a light meal consisting of a salad or a fruit only to feel hungry later and end up eating some junk? Ideally, a salad is a meal by itself. It can fit anywhere between your lunch and dinner. If salads have not been giving you the satiety you need, try this power-packed Quinoa Chickpea Salad to fill your tummy with high fiber and protein content but still make you feel light.

What You Will Need

Quinoa – ⅓ Cup (soaked for 30-60 mins)
Chickpeas – ½ cup boiled
Garlic – 1 tsp chopped
Capsicum – ¼ cup chopped
Onion – ¼ cup chopped
Cucumber – 1
Tomato – 1
Green Chilly – 1 tsp chopped
Coriander – 4 tbsp
Ghee – 1 tsp
Jeera – ¼ tsp
Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp
A pinch of Hing
Water – ½ cup
Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
Salt to taste

How To Prepare

In a pan, add 1 tsp ghee and jeera. As the jeera starts crackling, add hing & sauté garlic for a while.
Now add water. Let the water boil. Add salt, turmeric powder & quinoa (washed & drained). Cover it for 10 minutes and stir 1-2 times in between. Your quinoa generally gets cooked in 10 minutes, turn off the stove and let it cool to room temperature.
In a big bowl, add cooked quinoa, boiled chickpeas and rest of the ingredients. Give everything a good mix
Your healthy and filling Quinoa Chickpea Salad is ready!

Tips For The Quinoa Chickpea Salad Recipe

Don’t forget to scrub the quinoa grain a little before rinsing as it helps in removing the natural coating of saponins which can make it taste bitter or soapy
You can add a little cheese or paneer as well over your salad to make it more tasty and increase the protein content
Try this recipe especially when you have leftover boiled chickpeas

We hope you try this delicious Quinoa Chickpea Salad recipe. Do leave your thoughts in the comments below. You can check out more recipes from Healthy Reads or tune in to cooking sessions on GOQii Play.

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December 14, 2019 By Urvi Gohil Leave a Comment

Healthy Eating: Vegetable Quinoa Pulao

Quinoa is a gluten-free superfood that has been gaining a lot of popularity in the past few years, and it is actually pronounced as Kveen Vaa. Quinoa, though popular as a grain, is actually a seed. It has a nutty flavour and lacks the sweetness & stickiness of the rice. It is easier to cook than rice and you will love the taste. Although it is not as economical as rice, it is definitely worth a try! So let’s learn how to prepare super healthy and simple Vegetable Quinoa Pulao!

What You Will Need:

Quinoa (wash and soak for 30 min) – 1 cup
Onion (chopped) – ¼ cup
Cauliflower (chopped) – ¼ cup
French Beans (chopped) – ¼ cup
Carrots (chopped) – ¼ cup
Corn Kernels – ¼ cup
Green Peas – ¼ cup
Spinach – 2 tbsp
Coriander – 2 tbsp
Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tbsp
Bay Leaf – 1
Cinnamon Stick – ½
Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
Turmeric, red chili powder, coriander seeds powder, garam masala as per taste
Salt as per taste
Oil – 1 tbsp

How to Prepare:

In a pan, heat oil and fry the bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Then, allow the cumin seeds to sizzle.
Add the chopped onion along with ginger garlic paste and roast it well until slightly brown.
Now, add all the other vegetables along with turmeric, red chili powder, coriander seeds powder, garam masala and salt. Sauté them well for 4-5 min.
It is time to add the soaked quinoa (discard the water), give it a quick stir and cook it for 2-3 minutes. Now add 1.5 to 2 cups of water.
After a boil, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5-10 min until done. Mix the contents using a fork and not spatula to give it a Pulao consistency.
Serve it hot with curd or raita.

Highlights of the Vegetable Quinoa Pulao

This absolutely easy recipe gives you everything required for a balanced meal.
It is high in protein and contains sufficient amount of all essential amino acids.
100% satiety with the fibre content it has in limited portion size.
Fun Fact – a cup of Quinoa will provide twice the protein and about 5 gm of more fibre than the same amount of white rice.

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