Quinoa Chickpea Salad | How to make quinoa salad
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Ingredients (240 ml cup used)
- ¼ cup quinoa
- ½ cup soaked chickpeas/ chana / chole
- ½ small tomato chopped or 1 tsp. lemon juice
- few mint leaves (optional)
- few coriander leaves or celery
- pinch of pepper powder
- 1 tbsp carrots minced
- 2 tbsp cucumber
- 1 green chili deseeded and minced
- virgin olive oil or virgin coconut oil
- salt as needed
How to make the recipe
- Wash quinoa well and soak them for about 15 minutes. Drain off the water.
- Cook them with ¾ cup water. If there is extra water left, you can just evaporate them by cooking on a high heat. When they are thoroughly cooked , they turn opaque.
- Make sure there is no water left in the cooked quinoa. Let them cool.
- soak chickpeas overnight and boil them till soft.
- Add all the ingredients to a bowl and toss.
- Serve fresh.
Notes
If you are not on vegan or low fat diet, you can include few chunks of roasted paneer and nuts.
To cook one cup of quinoa, 2 to 2½ cups of water is good enough. You can refer the instructions on the pack
To cook one cup of quinoa, 2 to 2½ cups of water is good enough. You can refer the instructions on the pack
