Millet & Quinoa Tabule
by Asaf Feit | Breakfast, Cleansing & Reducing, Cold & Dry, Damp Heat, Decrease Kapha, Decrease Pitta, Decrease Pitta-Kapha, Hard to Digest, Lunch, Millet, Quinoa, Recipes, Spring, Stimulating, Summer |
Millet & Quinoa Tabule
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Appetizer, Breakfast, Lunch, Salad, Side Dish
- 1/2 cup millet Vata ++ Pitta - Kapha - -
- 1/2 cup red quinoa Vata + Pitta - - Kapha -
- Handful of Arame seaweed Vata - Pitta - Kapha 0, soaked for 10 min., strained and washed
- 2 cups water
- Pinch salt Vata - - Pitta 0 Kapha +
- 2 cups chopped greens:
- Parsley Vata 0 Pitta 0 Kapha - -
- Coriander Vata + Pitta - - Kapha -
- Dill Vata - Pitta 0 Kapha -
- Chives Vata - Pitta + Kapha - -
- 1/2 cup roquette Vata ++ Pitta - Kapha - -
- Pomegranate seeds from 1 pomegranate Vata - Pitta - Kapha -
- 1 clove garlic crushed (Vata - - Pitta ++ Kapha 0)
- 4 Tbs. olive oil Vata - - Pitta + Kapha +
- Juice from 1 lemon Vata - - Pitta + Kapha -
- 1/4 cup sunflower and pumpkin seeds roasted (Vata 0 Pitta - Kapha -)
- Handful of sunflower sprouts Vata 0 Pitta - - Kapha -
Roast the quinoa and millet in a dry cooking pot for 2-3 minutes, until a nutty fragrance is noticeable and the grains begin to pop.
Add the Arame seaweed and mix, pour in the water and bring to boil.
Add a pinch of salt, lower the flame and cover.
Simmer until all water is absorbed.
Place the cooked grains in a bowl and let cool.
Add the chopped greens, roquette, pomegranate seeds, sunflower sprouts and sunflower and pumpkin seeds.
Season with olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
Optional additions: For Pitta: omit the garlic.