Spicy Quinoa Pilau

Submitted by Georgia Charlotte

"I wanted to make some sort of pialf/pilau type thing with quinoa, read a bunch of different recipes, looked in my cupboard and came up with this. Very aromatic Indian-inspired dish. If you like it less spicy, then leave out the chili. Feel free to play around with the vegetables too, I just used what was in my fridge/freezer. I mostly eyeballed the ingredients, but this is a basic estimation."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 onion, sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 6 cloves
• 4 cardamom pods, crushed
• 1 chili pepper, chopped
• 1 sweet potato, finely diced
• 1 leek, chopped
• 2 cups quinoa
• 4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coriander seed
• 2 bay leaves, broken
• 1 cup cauliflower floret
• 1 cup peas

directions

1. In a large pot, fry the onion in a little oil.
2. Add the garlic, cloves, cardamom and chili pepper, and fry a bit more.
3. Add the vegetables (if using any frozen vegetables, don't add them in just yet) and continue frying.
4. Add the quinoa, water, cinnamon, coriander seeds, and bay leaves.
5. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 12 minutes, or until the quinoa has absorbed the water.
6. About halfway through the simmering, stir in any frozen vegetables you want to add.

Reviews

[Leila]

lol, i miss u ...love the beginning 'some sort of pialf/pilau type thing' , a very georgia thing to say :) , yummy dish ! missssh u