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I never heard about quinoa until I came into the blogging world. Hope many of you also like me. First time I saw this in Mustafa Centre, but did not buy as I have no idea what to do. After that I searched net and came across some great recipes. I saw many of our friends trying this payasam and I too thought of trying the sweet recipe first, which also suits for my event.
Ingredients
- Quinoa seeds - 1 cup
- Water - 2 cups
- Salt - a pinch (optional)
- Milk - 3/4 litre
- Sugar - 1.5 cups (adjust accordingly to the sweetness)
- Nuts - few cashews, almonds, pista
- Raisins - few
- Few strands of saffron
- Ghee for frying the nuts - 1 tsp
Method
- Wash and cook quinoa with 2 cups of water and salt in the pressure cooker for 3 whistles.
- In a small pan, add ghee and fry the nuts and raisins and keep aside.
- In a wide pan, add the milk and saffron and allow the milk to boil.
- Now add in the cooked quinoa and sugar and let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Add the fried nuts and raisins, give a stir.
- Healthy and delicious quinoa payasam is ready to be served.
Note:
Quinoa can be cooked without the pressure cooker also, but takes more than 10 min.
Salt is optional. We used to add a pinch of salt as we feel it enhances the taste.
This goes to my event Dish name starts with Q
