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A few months ago I got a very nice finger foods cook book and I found this very interesting recipe with quinoa. I have been thinking of ma...

Quinoa Croquettes

A few months ago I got a very nice finger foods cook book and I found this very interesting recipe with quinoa. I have been thinking of making it for a long time and last week I had the chance to make it for an afternoon snack. Originally the recipe suggested that the croquettes be deep fried, but I took the alternative way of making use of a dutch oven or kuzhi appam pan. The quinoa got toasted well and the outer layer was crunchy while the inner was soft. It however tasted best when hot off the stove. The melted cheese makes it extra special. Maybe the next time I would deep fry and see how it turns out. This recipe is adapted from "Finger Food" book and is modified to suit my taste.



Gadgets:

Measuring Cup and Spoon
Frying pan
Spatula
Cutting Board
Knife
Dutch Oven/ Appam karal


Ingredients:

Cooked Quinoa - 1 cup
Onions - 1 medium sliced
Garlic - 1 tbsp minced
Green Chillies - 2 thinly sliced
Ginger - 1 inch grated
Oil - 1 tbsp plus 1/4 cup for cooking the quinoa
Salt
Cheese - 1/2 cup ( dubliner or Morzerella )
Bread Crumbs - Made from 2 slices
Cilantro - 1 tbsp minced


Preparation:

1. Heat the frying pan with some oil. Add green chillies, onions and salt. Cook it until the onions are well done. Add the grated ginger and allow it to cool.


2. Mix the cooked quinoa, onion mixture and cheese in a bowl and make small balls. Cover keep it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

3. Add the bread crumbs to a plate. Roll the quinoa balls in the bread crumbs and coat it well.

4. Heat the dutch oven pan ( kuzhi appam pan) and add some oil  before frying the quinoa in it. Roast it on medium uniformly. It will be toasted evenly around. The quinoa balls needs to cooked slowly because, the cheese needs to melt and the insides of the quinoa needs to heat up.

5. Serve with ketchup or any chutney of your choice.



10 comments:

  1. Interesting recipe.. Happy to follow you

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  2. That's a healthy finger food n use if kuzhi appam is a great idea....
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  3. Very innovative, loved the idea, healthy too.

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  4. very impressive idea of quinoa recipe...

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  5. Looks crisp. Nice effort Srimathi. I am following you.

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  6. Those guilt free cuties are just mindblowing, very tempting and nutritious.

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  7. Interesting and innovative. Book marked.

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  8. Wow, they look awesome Srimathi, would love to try..

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