Monday, November 29, 2010

Quinoa Vangibhath

Vangibhath is one of the famous Karnataka rice dish usually prepared with a special spice powder, eggplant chunks and cooked rice, for a change i choosed this time some cooked quinoa to replace the rice and prepared this delicious,filling and healthy one pot meal which suits prefect for a lunch or for dinner..As most of u would have know that am a great fan of both oats and quinoa, i never stop trying and enjoying our traditional foods by using either oats or quinoa,this quinoa vangibhath is one among those trials which turned out really super delicious ..Am really happy to say that even my teddies and my hubby enjoyed this quinoa vangibhath for lunch with spicy potato fry and boiled eggs..

Quinoa Vangibath

2cup Quinoa
2cups Eggplants (cubed)
1/4cup Tamarind juice
1tbsp Sesame seeds
1/2tsp Fenugreek seeds
1+1/2tbsp Oil
1/2tsp Mustard seeds
1tsp Channa dal
1tsp Urad dal
2nos Dry red chillies
10nos Cashewnuts pieces
Salt

Vangibhath Powder:
1/4cup Grated coconut
1tsbp Coriander seeds
1tbsp Channa dal
1tbsp Urad dal
2nos Dry red chillies
1/2tsp Asafoetida powder

Cook the quinoa with 4cups of water in a vessel until they get well coated, keep aside and let them cool...Dry roast all the ingredients given for the vangi bhath powder and grind them as fine powder, keep aside..Heat the oil and fry the eggplants and salt until the eggplants get cooked, keep aside..Heat a tsp of oil and add the mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal,fenugreek seeds, sesame seeds, curry leaves, red chillies and cashew nuts, once they get well fried, add the tamarind juice and cook until its get thick..add now the grounded spice powder, keep in simmer until the oil gets separates, add the already cooked eggplant cubes, salt and cook until eggplants are tender, put off the stove..mix the cooked quinoa gently, adjust the salt if needed...

Enjoy with potato chips, fries or with eggs..

35 comments:

Jaisy James said... Reply To This Comment

looks different n yummy

chef and her kitchen said... Reply To This Comment

That is a very interesting one wid quinoa...looks yummm

Priya Sreeram said... Reply To This Comment

nice twist with quinoa----priya ther's a suprise waiting for u in my blog

Urmi said... Reply To This Comment

Very nice and interesting dish. Looks delicious and yummy.

Jayanthy Kumaran said... Reply To This Comment

Hy Priya,
Thanx for stopping by n dropping ur sweet comment in my space. U have fab recipes here and love this innovative recipe too...:)
Tasty Appetite

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

tempting n yummy rice..

Kurinji said... Reply To This Comment

looks delicious n healthy!

Akila said... Reply To This Comment

looks so yummy dear....

Deepti said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks Priya....
That was an innovative way to make vangibath...Looks Great
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indianspicemagic said... Reply To This Comment

delicious and healthy recipe...Still 4 more to reach 50 post for this month..

Jacqueline Meldrum said... Reply To This Comment

That looks really, really delicious Priya :)

Joanne said... Reply To This Comment

Quinoa is a favorite of mine as well and I'm always looking for new ways to spice it up! Delicious.

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

Including quinoa in a vangibath is a nice twist. Very healthy and tasty! Slurp!

Nammi said... Reply To This Comment

ooooooooooh , love that spice blend, never had quinoa, maybe I should start hunting for one to see how it tastes

Nithu Bala said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and yummy..

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

I totally agree with your enthusiasm for quinoa, and waow, this looks amazingly delicious (love eggplants!!)

Gayathri Kumar said... Reply To This Comment

A interesting twist to the traditional vaangibaath..

Suja Manoj said... Reply To This Comment

New recipe..looks delicious and healthy.

Suji said... Reply To This Comment

Looks delish!!

Menaga Sathia said... Reply To This Comment

Excellent priya!!

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

wow delicious priya....enjoyed ur dish

Harini said... Reply To This Comment

looks yummy..

Vidhya said... Reply To This Comment

love it priya..

Elaichii said... Reply To This Comment

Very interesting new dish!

Mary Bergfeld said... Reply To This Comment

This looks delicious. I need more recipes for quinoa. Thanks to you I can add another to my collection. Have a wonderful day. Blessings...Mary

Swathi said... Reply To This Comment

Quinoa vangibath sounds delicious Priya. Love anything with eggplant. This one really good.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

vangibath with quinoa....yummo!..how do u come up with such ideas Priya?..lovely dish!

Faith said... Reply To This Comment

What a delicious dish! I love your use of quinoa here...and all those spices sound amazing!

Soumya said... Reply To This Comment

very innovative, delicious and healthy recipe...

Hamaree Rasoi said... Reply To This Comment

Another very kind kind of dish from you Priya..superb

Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi

aipi said... Reply To This Comment

That's an awesome idea Priya..I love quinua and this recipe is a keeper!

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Pushpa said... Reply To This Comment

Healthy and flavourful vangibath with quinoa...

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

i have made with ready made powders this just wonderful :)

tigerfish said... Reply To This Comment

Quinoa is so nutritious and what a great way to cook them with spices.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

Sounds sooooooooo delish dear. Please do send it to my Quinoa event.