World Vegan Day

[veganvet]

This is a fantastic recipe in itself (and extremely easy) and especially for people who need to avoid gluten. I never used to use quinoa until i started making this recipe, its extremely high in nutritional value which im sure most of you already know. Anyway here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups (435mls) quinoa, about 340g
3 1/2 cups (875mls) water
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon asafetida powder (can get from health food stores, is a substitute for onion/garlic for those who dont know)
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup (60mls) oil - i use grapeseed oil but use whatever you like
1/4 teaspoon coarseley-ground black pepper
1 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons fresh mint ( i leave this out as i hate mint, personal choice)
3/4 cup cucumbers, finely diced
1/2 cup tomatoes, finely diced

Directions:
1. Rinse quinoa in large fine sieve under cold water until water runs clear. Drain well.
2. Place water and 1 teaspoon salt in heavy 2 litre saucepan, bring to boil over moderate heat. Add quinoa, return to boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 10-15 minutes or until grains are translucent and fully cooked and quinoa's spiral-shaped germ ring has separated. Remove pan from heat and set aside, covered, for 10 minutes to allow quinoa to firm up
3. Spoon out quinoa and spread it on a flat dish to fully cool. Then combine it with yellow asafetida powder, lemon juice, oil, remaining salt, black pepper, parsley and mint in large bowl. Add cucumber and tomatoes and toss to combine all ingredients.

[tofuburger]

oooh that sounds nice. I've just started sprouting quinoa, I bet that would be nice in this as well