Spinach Quinoa Vegetable Soup 🍲|Healthy Soup | Winter Treats ❄️

Soup Recipe: Spinach Quinoa Vegetable Soup 🍲

Servings: 5

Duration: 40 mins

How many of you like Quinoa? Frankly saying, I don’t like to have quinoa but it’s health benefits are wonderful. Quinoa contains protein, fiber higher than the other grains and lots of minerals and vitamins. So I started including quinoa in my meal not as main course but I found different ways to add quinoa in recipes then the output is my today’s dish 👉 Spinach Quinoa Vegetable Soup 🍲

The soup become so yummy packed with all nutrients from vegetables, quinoa and spinach. It’s so refreshing and I’m sure it makes your tummy full and easily you can skip eating snacks at brunch time or evening if you had soup at afternoon ☺️

Health benefits of quinoa:

Protein, Fiber, Manganese, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Folate, Copper, Iron, Zinc, Potassium
Vitamins B1, B2 and B6
Small amounts of calcium, B3 (niacin)
Gluten free
Very high in antioxidants
Might help to lose weight 😮

Ingredients:

Quinoa – 40 gms – Cooked
Butter – 1 tsp
Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
Sesame seeds – White – 1 tsp
Bay leaf – 1
Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Onion – 1/2 – finely chopped
Tomato – 1 – finely chopped
Carrot – 1 – diced
Cabbage – 1/4 cup – sliced
Broccoli florets – 6
Cauliflower florets – 6
Green peas – 2 Tb sp
Yellow carrot – sliced – 1/4 cup
Spinach – Handful – Chopped
Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
Salt – 1/2 Tb sp
Black Pepper Powder – 1 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 Tb sp
Cilantro – 2 Tb sp – chopped
Water – 500 ml ( to make soup )

Procedure:

Cooking Quinoa:

In a pressure cooker add washed quinoa along with water 120 ml ( soak 10 minutes)
Cook for 3 whistles and open lid when pressure goes down
Takeout in a bowl and keep aside

Process of making Spinach Quinoa Vegetable Soup:

Add butter in a heavy bottomed pan over medium heat
Add in cumin, sesame seeds, bay leaf, sauté 30 secs and next goes in ginger garlic paste and onions
Saute 2 minutes and add tomato
Saute till it becomes mushy and add all chopped vegetables
Mix well and cover with lid, let them cook for 3 minutes
Next goes in salt, pepper and turmeric powder – Stir again , add cooked quinoa and mix well
Then Add Spinach, Saute again along with water
Again cover with lid and cook 10 minutes
Combine well and turn off heat
Finally Add chopped cilantro and lemon juice
Make sure everything combined well
Spinach quinoa vegetable soup is ready to serve
Serve hot and enjoy winter ❄️
Happy Cooking and Have a lovely day ☀️