Curried Quinoa Recipe - 3 pts, 20g carbs, 2g fiber

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Curried Quinoa Recipe - 3 pts, 20g carbs, 2g fiber

 

Recipe By :Blackberry Creek Natural Products

Serving Size : 7 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : LowCal (Less than 300 calories LowerCarbs

LowFat (Less than 30%) Quick

Spicy Veggie

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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 Cup Quinoa

1 1/2 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil

1/2 Onion -- Diced (about 4 or 5 ozs.)

1 Tsp. Grated Fresh Ginger Root

1/2 Fresh Green Chile -- (Finely Chopped)

1 Tsp. Turmeric -- Heaping

1 Tsp. Coriander -- Heaping

1/4 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon

1/2 Tsp. Salt

1 3/4 Cups Water

1/2 Cup Fresh peas -- or Frozen Peas

 

 

Rinse quinoa with cold water. Use a fine mesh filter or coffee filter. If you're

a klutz like me use the fine mesh filter or a lot of quinoa is going to wind up

in the sink!

 

Quinoa is coated with a natural substance called saponin that protects the grain

by repelling insects and birds. Rinsing the quinoa is important to avoid a raw

or bitter taste. You can tell if there is saponin by the production of a soapy

looking " suds " when the seeds are swished in water.

 

Good news! If you are using Ancient Harvest Quinoa you can skip this step. It's

already rinsed!

 

Place oil and diced onions in a heavy saucepan. Saute the onions on medium high

heat for four to five minutes.

 

Add the ginger root, chile, and quinoa. Cook for one minute stirring constantly.

A fine, white spiral appears around the grain as it cooks.

 

Stir in the turmeric, coriander, cinnamon, and salt. Cook for one minute

stirring constantly.

 

Add the water and bring it to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 15

minutes.

 

Stir in peas. Cover and cook for four or five minutes or until peas are tender

and all the water has been absorbed.

 

Fluff with a fork before serving.

 

Serves 6 - 8

 

Optional Ingredient for Curried Quinoa: 1 to 2 Tbsp. Chopped Cilantro. Exercise

caution on this ingredient. There are two kinds of people - those who love

cilantro and those who hate cilantro. Nobody is in between. So, if you know you

like cilantro go for it! If you don't know whether you like it add it at your

own risk. You might break some leaves off of fresh cilantro in the grocery

store. Crush it between your thumb and finger and smell it. If it smells good

you're probably a cilantro lover. If it smells like old gym shoes you probably

hate it. My advice? Make the curried quinoa without it and see how you like it.

If you do wind up adding cilantro, you add it at the very end when you're

fluffing the quinoa with a fork.

 

Description:

" 3 pts "

Source:

" Quinoa-Recipes.com "

S(Formatted by Chupa Babi):

" 01.24.08 "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 131 Calories; 4g Fat (29.8% calories from

fat); 4g Protein; 20g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 160mg

Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 0 Vegetable; 1 Fat.

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 20083 3577 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

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