Quinoa Fried Rice
This is an easy, quick, delicious quinoa recipe with lots of healthy vegetables. This is a great replacement for rice if you are looking for a healthier alternative to fried rice.
Servings: 2
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup Quinoa
- 2 cups Water
- 4 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 cups Vegetables diced, frozen/fresh
- 1 Onion
- 4 Garlic pods
- 1 tsp Ground coriander
- ½ tsp Ground cumin
- ½ tsp Curry powder
- ¼ cup Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
- ½ tsp Salt (or as per taste)
- ¼ tsp Black pepper powder
- 1 Lemon (Juice of lemon)
- 1 Green Chilli (optional)
Instructions
Making Perfect Quinoa
- Rinse the quinoa well.
- Now add quinoa to a sauce pan or any pot along with double the amount water.
- Place the pan on high flame.
- Once the water starts to boil, reduce the flame to low.
- Cover the pot with a lid and cook on low heat for 7 - 10 minutes.
- After 7 minutes, check with a fork if still any liquid is there in pot.
- If still there is water and quinoa is not cooked properly, then cover it again with lid and cook for another 5 minutes or till quinoa is cooked perfect.
- Fluff it with a fork and set aside.
Cooking Veggies
- In a large skillet, heat oil.
- Add onion, garlic and saute for a minute.
- Add in the vegetables, saute on low flame for 5 - 7 minutes.
- Saute till the veggies are soft and not overcooked.
- Add salt, pepper, and spices.
- Give it a nice stir.
Saute Quinoa with veggies
- Now add the cooked quinoa into the vegetable pan.
- Cook on low heat for 2 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.
Notes
You can also interchange the spices with soy sauce/ tamari.