Quinoa, Chickpea, Cauliflower, and Couscous Bowl

Name: Quinoa, Chickpea, Cauliflower, and Couscous Bowl
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 cups water; 7 oz cauliflower; 2 units carrot; 1 unit avocado; 1 clove garlic; 1 cup quinoa; 1 small jar canned chickpea; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 pinches salt

ekilu Team

“If you like to eat healthily or want to improve your eating habits, Nooddle is here to help! We have tons of fabulous meal ideas such as this quinoa, chickpea, cauliflower, and couscous bowl. It's a really healthy and nutritious option to take with you in your lunch box and eat on the go.”

ingredients

Difficulty

Easy

Time

25'

Fresh ingredients

water

2 cups

cauliflower

7 oz

carrot

2 units

avocado

1 unit

garlic

1 clove

Pantry ingredients

quinoa

1 cup

canned chickpea

1 small jar

olive oil

2 tbsp

salt

2 pinches

Instructions

Wash the quinoa under running water. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a pan. Then add the quinoa and cook until the kernels have popped open, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat, drain, and set aside for later.

Peel and cut the carrots into medium dice.

Wash the cauliflower, remove the green leaves, and cut into smallish florets. Cook the cauliflower and carrots in a pan of boiling water with a little salt until tender. Drain and set aside for later.

Drain the canned chickpeas and rinse under running water.

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Mince and lightly fry the garlic, stirring often. When the oil has been infused with the flavor of the garlic, add the vegetables and fry for a couple of minutes. Add the chickpeas and cook over medium heat for 3–4 minutes, stirring often.

Put the portion of quinoa that you are going to eat in a bowl. Pour the contents of the skillet on top. If you have an avocado and feel like it, you can serve half on top of each bowl.

Tips & Tricks

Alternatively, you can add the quinoa to the skillet and fry for a couple of minutes together with the veggies and chickpeas. Then serve everything on a plate. This will infuse the quinoa with the flavor of the fried vegetables.

You can add 1/2 teaspoon curry powder to the fried vegetables to add extra flavor.

You can also sprinkle a little minced cilantro over the dish.

Chickpeas with vegetables and quinoa are a great way to make a nutritious one-dish meal.