Recipe: Tasty Mexican Quinoa Stew

Mexican Quinoa Stew.

To make Mexican Quinoa Stew you need 20 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients

1. It's of olive oil.
2. You need of medium onion, chopped.
3. You need of celery stalks, chopped.
4. It's of carrots, chopped.
5. You need of garlic, pressed or minced.
6. It's of bell peppers, seeded and chopped(any colour or mix of all as per your choice).
7. You need of water.
8. It's of large tomatoe, chopped.
9. You need of cooked black or red beans.
10. It's of ground cumin.
11. You need of fine sea salt.
12. It's of frozen peas.
13. You need of frozen corn kernels.
14. Prepare of quinoa (dry/uncooked).
15. It's of chopped fresh cilantro.
16. You need of red chilli powder.
17. It's of sauce(shezwan sauce).
18. It's of Freshly ground black pepper.
19. You need of Coriander leaves for garnish.
20. It's of Some lemon wedges.

Mexican Quinoa Stew instructions

1. Soak beans at night and boil them in the morning with salt and water till cooked. You can use tinned ones too.
2. In a pan, warm the oil over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, celery, carrots, tomato and peas..
3. Sauté until the vegetables are tender. Now add corn and cooked beans, cumin, salt and season with both pepper powders and water. Cover and let the tomato be mushy to make thick gravy..
4. Wash quinoa 3-4 times and let it cook in water in a separate pan. But you can cook it in the same pan along with gravy too..
5. Once boiling, lower the heat, cover the pot, and let the gravy simmer until the quinoa and all vegetables get nicely incorporated with all the flavors..
6. You can check the taste of gravy at this stage and add more salt and black pepper if needed Add Coriander leaves generously and give a nice mix.
7. Your healthy Mexican flavor quinoa gravy which is an ideal meal for weight watchers is ready..
8. Garnish with some lemon wedges or squeeze some lemon juice just before serving.