Recipe: Tasty Mexican Quinoa Stew

Mexican Quinoa Stew.

You can have Mexican Quinoa Stew using 20 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Mexican Quinoa Stew

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