Quinoa salad with thermomix

(12 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)

18 February, 2022

Quinoa salad with thermomix

Quinoa, already known worldwide for being the fashionable healthy food, this seed, looks like cereal, tastes like cereal but it is not, it contains a lot of protein, which is very good for our body. This recipe uses quinoa

Quinoa salad with thermomix

In the recipe that we will share below, we will combine quinoa with some vegetables in a quinoa salad with thermomix.

Quinoa salad with thermomix

Persons

Cooking time:

25 minutes

Total Time

25 minutes

Kitchen

Spanish

Category:

Thermomix Salads

Ingredients

For the quinoa:

220 grams of quinoa seeds
800 grams of water
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil

For the vinaigrette and vegetables:

The juice of 2 large lemons (approximately 100 grams) can substitute lemon for vinegar
40 grams of extra virgin olive oil
2 red tomatoes, diced
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1/2 onion
80 grams of black olives
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ teaspoon pepper
Salt

For the aromatic herbs:

a few leaves of parsley (without the stem)
a few coriander leaves (without the stem)

Preparation

To begin the preparation of this exquisite quinoa salad, you must wash the quinoa seeds very well, and this is done by placing them in a bowl with a little water and draining them in a mesh strainer, doing this procedure a couple of times to remove any residue.
Then, pour these already cleaned quinoa seeds into the Thermomix bowl along with the measure of water, a little salt and olive oil, program.
20 minutes / Temperature 100° / Reverse spin / Speed 1.
Once the quinoa is ready to cook, drain it again through the strainer and reserve.
On the other hand, wash and dry the Thermomix bowl very well and dispose of the coriander and parsley leaves, program.
4 minutes / speed 7.
Then, pour the red and green peppers cut into pieces together with the juice of the lemons, the olive oil, the onion or spring onion, the ground cumin, salt and pepper (at this point if you prefer you can also crush the black olives , or just cut them into slices and add them at the end) schedule.
5 seconds / Speed 4.
To finish, cut the cucumber into cubes and the cherry tomatoes into quarters, place them in a bowl. Also integrate the cooked quinoa seeds and the vegetable vinaigrette.
Mix everything very well and serve. To give a nice shape to the presentation of this rich quinoa salad, pour a portion into ring molds, press and remove the mold and thus give it a very nice presentation.