Quinoa Salad with Chick peas.
To make Quinoa Salad with Chick peas you need 16 ingredients and just 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients
- It's of Quinoa.
- Prepare of boiled Chick peas.
- You need of multi colour Bell peppers(cut into small cubes).
- You need of of a red Apple(cut into small cubes).
- It's of chopped Coriander leaves or Parsley.
- You need of (Lemon juice to rub the apple pieces to stop oxidize).
- It's of Chia seeds(optional).
- It's of Salt.
- You need of For Salad dressing.
- Prepare of Olive oil.
- Prepare of white Vinegar.
- It's of Soya Sauce.
- Prepare of Chilli flakes.
- You need of crushed Garlic.
- You need of freshly crushed Black pepper.
- It's of Salt.
Quinoa Salad with Chick peas instructions
- Rinse 1/2 cup of quinoa with water and place in 1+1/2 cup of hot water in a pan..
- Add salt and bring to boil.Keep flame in medium heat..
- When water dries up reduce heat to low, cover and cook for about 10 minutes to cook the quinoa properly..
- When quinoa cooks completely remove from heat, stir with a fork and keep aside to cool completely..
- Cut the bell peppers and apples in small cubes. Rub lemon juice to the apple pieces so that they don't change colour..
- Also arrange some boiled chick peas..
- For the dressing take olive oil in a mixing bowl..
- Add 2 cloves of crushed garlic, vinegar, chilli flakes and crushed black pepper..
- Mix well and then add salt and soya sauce..
- Stir well and then add the prepared quinoa..
- Mix with the dressing and then add other ingredients like chick peas, capsicum or bell peppers and apples..
- Stir well so that everything mix homogeneously..
- Add chopped coriander leaves or parsley..
- Mix and finally add 1 teaspoon of chia seeds..
- Give a final toss and your healthy and delicious quinoa salad is ready to enjoy. You can happily have it as meal..