Delicious Green Curry Flavoured Quinoa with Pickled Vegetables

Green Curry Flavoured Quinoa with Pickled Vegetables

Ingredients :

• 125 gms Chef Urbano White Quinoa
• 20ml tablespoon oil
• 80gm finely chopped medium onion
• 5gm finely chopped ginger
• 5gm chopped green chilies
• 1 dry red chilli stem removed
• 5 to 6 curry leaves
• 3gm mustard seeds
• 3gm cumin seeds
• 5gm urad dal
• 5gm moong dal or Chana dal
• 50gm finely chopped carrots
• 40gm finely chopped French beans
• 80gm frozen peas
• 250ml water
• 30gm chopped coriander leaves
• To taste Chef Urbano Himalayan Pink Salt
• Pickled vegetables 20gm
• 20gm assorted micro cress
• 10gm edamame
• 10gm baby radish
• Green curry paste

Instructions :

• Take Chef  Urbano White Quinoa in a fine strainer and rinse well in running water.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds.
• Once the mustard seeds begin crackling, then add cumin seeds, urad dal and moong dal or Chana dal.
• Stir and sauté on a low flame. Sauté till the urad dal and moong dal turn golden.
• Then add finely chopped ginger, chopped green chilies, dry red chilli and a pinch of asafoetida (optional).
• Sauté for about half a minute.
• Next add finely chopped medium onion and curry leaves.
• Stir and sauté on a low to medium flame.
• Sauté till the onions become translucent.
• Then add finely chopped carrots, finely chopped French beans and frozen peas. Mix well.
• Sauté on a low flame for two minutes. Add green curry paste.
• Then add the Chef Urbano Quinoa. Mix very well again.
• Sauté for a minute or two on low flame.
• Then add water.
• Stir well. Add Chef Urbano Himalayan Pink Salt as per taste.
• Cover the pan with its lid and simmer on a low flame till the quinoa seeds are cooked.
• Once or twice you can stir it while it’s being simmered.
• When all the water has been absorbed and the grains appear translucent and cooked well, remove the lid and switch off the flame.
• Add coriander leaves.
• Give a quick stir and serve vegetable quinoa hot or warm with a few pickled vegetables and some green pea puree.