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Cold Cucumber Soup with Quinoa

A perfect one meal dish – cold cucumber soup served with spicy quinoa. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Cold Cucumber Soup with Quinoa

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Main Ingredients Cucumber, Quinoa
Cuisine Fusion, , , ,
Course Soups
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 1-1.30 hour
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Cold Cucumber Soup with Quinoa

  • 4 medium Cucumber peeled and chopped
  • 1 cup Quinoa
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil to drizzle +
  • 2 teaspoons Cumin powder
  • 6-8 Garlic cloves finely chopped
  • ½ inch piece Ginger finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons Lemon juice
  • 4 tablespoons Fresh parsley chopped
  • to taste Salt
  • ½ cup Sour cream
  • ¼ cup Yogurt
  • ¼ cup Fresh mint (pudina) chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Curry powder
  • for garnish Fresh mint sprigs
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Method

  1. Heat oil in a nonstick pan. Add the cumin powder, garlic, ginger, lemon juice. Sauté till raw flavor of the garlic and ginger goes away.
  2. Add parsley, quinoa, salt mix well and cook for two to three minutes or till the mixture is dry. Transfer in a bowl and set aside to cool down.
  3. Blend the cucumbers with sour cream, yogurt, remaining parsley, mint, curry powder to a smooth paste.
  4. Transfer in a serving bowl. Top with quinoa mixture, drizzle oil and serve chilled garnished with mint sprigs.

Nutrition Info

Calories 1137
Carbohydrates 28.8
Protein 117.9
Fat 60.8
Other Fiber Fiber- 16.3gm
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