Chickpea and Tomato Quinoa
Got this delicious recipe from a vegan friend. The lime juice gives the quinoa a fresh flavour. This amount is for 6 entree or side sized servings.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 1 cup quinoa
- a pinch of salt or to taste
- 1 3/4 cups (440ml) water
- 200g (about 1/2 tin) chickpeas
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 pinch salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 handful choped parsley
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:40min
- Place the quinoa in a fine mesh strainer and rinse under cold, running water. Bring the quinoa, salt and water to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the quinoa is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Once done, stir in the chick peas, tomatoes, garlic, lime juice and olive oil. Season with cumin, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley to serve.
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Very helpful - 09 Feb 2013
- 27 Jan 2013
this is excellent! To cook the quinoa, I used vegetable stock instead of water - and added some sundried tomatoes (in addition to the fresh ones), kalamata olives and fresh basil for extra flavour. Great healthy recipe! - 28 Feb 2014