{"id":673,"date":"2020-11-02T11:37:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T11:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/recipes\/sambar-quinoa\/"},"modified":"2020-11-02T14:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:47:13","slug":"sambar-quinoa","status":"publish","type":"cp_recipe","link":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/recipes\/sambar-quinoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sambar Quinoa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the taste and feel very light since I stopped taking rice and started quinoa! Sambar is the best nutritious sauce ever created in the sub-continent. A combination of Quinoa and Sambar is the top-most blessing for the diet conscious.<\/p>\n

A cup of quinoa will also provide twice the protein and about 5 grams more fibre than the same amount of white rice. Due to this higher quantity of protein and fibre, quinoa is not only the healthier choice, but will also fill you up faster, allowing for smaller portion sizes<\/p>\n

Quinoa is gluten-free and is ideal to boost heart health and digestion. There are unconfirmed claims that it may also help maintain blood sugar level and aid sustainable weight loss. In fact, unknown experts and health practitioners often recommend including good amount of quinoa in weight loss diets in place of high-carb grains.<\/h2>\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n
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1<\/span> cup<\/span> Quinoa<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> cup<\/span> Toor Dal (Red gram)<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> cup<\/span> Cube cut vegetables \u2013 (Carrot, Green beans, pumpkin, cauliflower or a mix of whatever fresh veggies of your liking<\/span><\/div>\n
2<\/span> tsp<\/span> Roasted and powdered spice \u2013 (use whole coriander seeds 1 tsp, cloves-2, Bengal gram 1 tsp, whole dried red chilli -2) <\/span>You may roast, cool and powder using a mixer-grinder; store the material in a tight glass jar and use when required<\/span><\/div>\n
¼<\/span> tsp<\/span> Turmeric powder <\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> tsp<\/span> Sambar powder <\/span>You may make your own sambar powder. Or to save time you may buy branded powders from India \/ sub-continental super markets<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> cup<\/span> Tamarind solution (2-3 cc of tamarind pulp dissolved in 1-cup of water)<\/span><\/div>\n
½<\/span> tsp<\/span> Cooking Salt (adjusted to taste)<\/span><\/div>\n
1<\/span> tsp<\/span> Cooking oil (Preferably Rice Bran oil) <\/span><\/div>\n
4<\/span> cups<\/span> Water<\/span><\/div>\n
Seasoning stuff \u2013 (mustard seeds \u2013 \u00bd tsp, whole dried red-chilli -1, curry leaves few)<\/span>a pinch of Asafoetida (a.k.a Hing) is optional<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Directions<\/h3>\n
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Soak Quinoa and Redgram for 2-minutes and wash thoroughly; use a strainer to drain the water<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Transfer the Quinoa and Redgram to a pressure cooker <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add the dice cut vegetables<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add 4 and \u00bd cup of water <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add turmeric powder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add sambar powder<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add few drops of oil on top (this forms a thin coat and makes the Sambar Quinoa a special experience)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Close the cooker and place on stove on low flame<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After 5-6 whistles, switch off the stove and open the cooker (only when the pressure is fully reduced, say after 10-minutes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Switch on the stove<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add the Tamarind solution to the Quinoa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add salt (say 1 tsp; alter as per your taste)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Let the cooker be in low heat for 10-minutes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Stir occasionally and mix well; switch off the stove<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Heat oil in a separate pan and when the oil is hot add seasoning materials (mustard seeds \u00bc tsp, whole dried red chilli-1, curry leaves -3 or 4)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add the seasoning to the Quinoa mix<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Add the Roasted and powdered spice and mix well<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Serve hot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","recipe_category":[25],"class_list":["post-673","cp_recipe","type-cp_recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cp_recipe_category-lunch-dinner","cp_recipe_cuisine-indian","cp_recipe_diet-vegan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cooked_recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cp_recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cp_recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/t1buddies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}