Honey Roasted Chai Spiced Breakfast Quinoa
A chai scented,sweet quinoa dish perfect for breakfast on a cold winter's morning
Ingredients
- 180 g quinoa
- 340 ml water
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3-4 tbsp honey
- 7-10 almonds blanched and sliced
- For the chai spice mix
- 3 tsps fennel seed
- 1.5 tsp powdered dry ginger
- 5 green cardamom pods peeled
- 3 cloves
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- 1/2 tsp black peppercorns
Instructions
- Rinse the quinoa in a sieve under a tap, put it in a pan with double the amount of water and salt and cook in a bowl covered and placed inside pressure cooker for 10 minutes on high or until the whistle goes off.
- Turn off the stove, let the pressure cool and remove the quinoa. Fluff lightly with a fork to loosen the kernels.
- Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a pan on medium heat and tumble in the cooked quinoa, stir and roast for 2 minutes.
- Drizzle the honey over and roast further for 3-5 minutes.
- Sprinkle 2-3 tsps of the chai spice mix and the slivered almonds into the quinoa. Cook for a minute more and serve warm with fresh figs or fruit of your choice.