Curried Quinoa Recipe with Grilled Pineapple & Pepper

This vegan Curried Quinoa Recipe with Grilled Pineapple & Pepper makes a delicious easy meal that comes together in just over 30 minutes.

This Curried Quinoa Recipe with Grilled Pineapple & Pepper comes together very quickly yet is bursting with flavour!  The tangy pineapple and sweet peppers together with the spicy warmth of the ginger and chilli create a delicious dish, perfect for a family as well as entertaining.

I’ve been using pineapple quite a lot in my cooking lately (see my recent Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad), especially grilled. It’s sweet and zesty and complements so many savoury flavours.  I think quinoa is at its best and most enjoyable when combined with other ingredients and the combination of curry and tangy pineapple really lifts it.  It’s no longer just a side dish but a delicious vegetarian lunch.

How to make curried quinoa

The simple answer is – by adding curry spices into it.  But I didn’t just add curry powder to my quinoa.  I selected a handful of popular curry spices and added them to the quinoa as it cooked.  So after only 15 minutes of cooking the quinoa was infused with delicious curry flavour.

I then briefly fried the garlic, ginger and chilli and poured that mixture over the quinoa to add even more flavour to my dish!  All that was left to do now was to prepare the pineapple and the peppers.

Prepping the other ingredients

While the quinoa is cooking away prepare the  pineapple and pepper.  Simply fry the pineapple slices and the chopped pepper in a griddle pan until nicely browned (do this in batches) and add to the quinoa.  Then just stir in the coconut milk, scatter over the fresh cilantro and enjoy!

Once the quinoa has cooked keep it covered so it stays warm while you are preparing your pineapple and pepper.

Serving suggestions

This easy curried quinoa with pineapple is an extremely versatile dish.  You can enjoy it as a vegetarian main or side (served with grilled chicken or prawns if you don’t need it to be vegetarian).  Even as a salad, the next day (with a drizzle of lemon juice and oil).  The proportions in this quinoa curry recipe yield quite a large batch, enough to feed a family of 4 plus there’ll be leftovers to enjoy the next day.

I removed the seeds from the chilli pepper so this dish is moderately spicy. If you want to give it more heat use the whole chilli pepper, including the seeds.

In addition to being nutritious and easy to make this curried quinoa recipe with pepper is both vegan and gluten free.  So more people can enjoy it!  What’s not to like?

Enjoy!

More quinoa meal ideas

Looking for more easy quinoa meal ideas? Try my curried quinoa casserole with paneer.  You might also like this quinoa bowl with papaya or romanesco quinoa herb salad.

Check out also this collection of over 12 healthy vegetarian pasta meals.

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Curried Quinoa Recipe with Grilled Pineapple & Pepper

This vegan Curried Quinoa Recipe with Grilled Pineapple & Pepper makes a delicious easy meal that comes together in just over 30 minutes.

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time35 mins

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main

Cuisine: Indian Fusion

Keyword: pineapple, quinoa

Servings: 4 people

Author: Monika Dabrowski

Ingredients

• 1 cup quinoa
• 1 teaspoon each: turmeric and cumin powders
• 2/3 teaspoon each: garam masala and coriander powders
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 red pepper bell or sweet pointed, chopped
• 1/2 pineapple peeled, sliced (you should have 3 thick slices)
• 1 tablespoon fresh ginger finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 red chili finely chopped (seeds removed)
• 1 and 1/3 teaspoon onion seeds
• 3 tablespoons coconut oil
• 100 ml coconut milk
• Sea salt to taste
• 1.5 cup water
• Cilantro/coriander for garnish finely chopped

Instructions

• Rinse the quinoa, place in a medium pot, add 1.5 cup water with 1/2 teaspoon salt, cumin, coriander powder, garam masala, turmeric and the bay leaf and stir thoroughly. Cover, bring to boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and cook for approx. 15 minutes or until all the water has been absorbed (give it a stir half way through). Set aside. Keep the lid on so it stays hot.
• In a small frying pan heat up the coconut oil, add the garlic, ginger, chilli and onion seeds and fry over a medium heat for about 3 minutes stirring all the time. Pour the mixture into the quinoa and stir thoroughly.
• Fry the pineapple in a griddle pan for 2 minutes on both sides, then chop into small chunks (remove the core) and add to the quinoa.
• Fry the red sweet peppers in the griddle pan for 4-5 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add to the quinoa mixture.
• Add the coconut milk, cilantro, adjust the seasoning if necessary, stir thoroughly and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 0g | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 0mg | Potassium: 0mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 0IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 0mg | Iron: 0mg

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I am sharing this curried quinoa with pineapple and pepper with Meat Free Mondays, and What’s Cookin’ Wednesday.  Also sharing with Fiesta Friday (co-hosted by The Not So Creative Cook and Foodbod).