Easy-to-make Healthy Quinoa Porridge recipe with vegan and gluten-free ingredients! A good alternative to your regular oats or rice porridge.
Ingredients to make Quinoa Porridge recipe
- Quinoa.
- Plant Milk.
- Chia Seeds.
- Banana.
- Cardamom Powder.
- Fresh Fruits, for toppings.
- Maple Syrup, optional.
Cardamom Powder: Back at home in India, my mother uses cardamom powder in almost every dessert she makes, especially during the festive season. Just a pinch of cardamom powder has a huge flavor, and it does bring a huge difference to the final dish. In case you have cardamom pods instead of powder, remove seeds from the pod and grind the seeds to powder, which can store on the shelf for months.
Banana: We are using bananas in this recipe to add natural sweetness to the porridge. Try using a ripe banana as it is much sweeter than a green banana. For a banana-free recipe, use the same amount of apple sauce.
How to make Quinoa Porridge
Cook: In a medium-sized cooking pot add 1/2 cup rinsed quinoa, 1 cup water, and cook on medium heat till almost all water is gone. When quinoa looks almost done, add a lid to the pot, turn off flame and keep aside for 5 mins ( this makes quinoa fluffy, do not mix quinoa while it’s still hot )
Blend: When quinoa is warm enough to blend, add plant milk, banana, cardamom powder, chia seeds to cooked quinoa and blend everything together using a hand blender ( or transfer to blender and blend )
Serve: Transfer porridge to serving bowl and add toppings of choice. I used fresh fruits, almond flakes & maple syrup!
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Quinoa Porridge
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Quinoa
- 1/2 cup Plant Milk coconut milk
- 1 tbsp Chia Seeds
- 1 Banana ripe
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom Powder
- Fresh Fruits as toppings
- Maple Syrup as toppings
Instructions
- In a medium sized cooking pot add 1/2 cup rinsed quinoa, 1 cup water and cook on medium heat till almost all water is gone. When quinoa looks almost done, add lid to the pot, turn off flame and keep aside for 5 mins ( this makes quinoa fluffy, do not mix quinoa while its still hot )
- When quinoa is warm enough to blend, add plant milk, banana, cardamom powder, chia seeds to cooked quinoa and blend everything together using a hand blender ( or transfer to blender and blend )
- Reheat if needed. Transfer porridge to serving bowl and add toppings of choice. I used fruits, almond flakes & maple syrup!
