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Mexican Quinoa Stew
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Ingredient
1 teaspoon
olive oil
1 cup
carrots, chopped
2 cloves
garlic, pressed or minced
2 cups
water
1 teaspoon
ground cumin
2 teaspoons
fine sea salt
1/2 cup
frozen peas
1/2 cup
frozen corn kernels
1 cup
quinoa (dry/uncooked)
1/4 cup
chopped fresh cilantro
1/8 teaspoon
red chilli powder
1 tsp
sauce(shezwan sauce)
as required
Freshly ground black pepper
as required
Coriander leaves for garnish
as required
Some lemon wedges
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
Soak beans at night and boil them in the morning with salt and water till cooked. You can use tinned ones too
* Step 2
In a pan, warm the oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, celery, carrots, tomato and peas.
* Step 3
Sauté until the vegetables are tender.
Now add corn and cooked beans, cumin, salt and season with both pepper powders and water. Cover and let the tomato be mushy to make thick gravy.
* Step 4
Wash quinoa 3-4 times and let it cook in water in a separate pan. But you can cook it in the same pan along with gravy too.
* Step 5
Once boiling, lower the heat, cover the pot, and let the gravy simmer until the quinoa and all vegetables get nicely incorporated with all the flavors.
* Step 6
You can check the taste of gravy at this stage and add more salt and black pepper if needed
Add Coriander leaves generously and give a nice mix
* Step 7
Your healthy Mexican flavor quinoa gravy which is an ideal meal for weight watchers is ready.
* Step 8
Garnish with some lemon wedges or squeeze some lemon juice just before serving
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Latin American
olive oil
medium onion chopped
celery stalks, chopped
carrots, chopped
garlic, pressed or minced
bell peppers, seeded and chopped(any colour or mix of all as per your choice)
water
large tomatoe, chopped
cooked black or red beans
ground cumin
fine sea salt
frozen peas
frozen corn kernels
quinoa (dry/uncooked)
chopped fresh cilantro
red chilli powder
sauce(shezwan sauce)
freshly ground black pepper
Coriander leaves for garnish
Some lemon wedges
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