Quinoa Pudding- a simple and vegan kheer or pudding recipe with quinoa, coconut milk, raw cane sugar, and strawberries. I used cardamom powder to flavor this, you can use vanilla bean powder as well.
Strawberries are in season and I wanted to use fresh strawberries in this recipe. You can use frozen strawberries or strawberry preserve as well. Just make sure that strawberry preserve doesn't have artificial additives and sugars.
Quinoa is very rich in protein and has all essential amino acids. It is rich in B vitamins, phosphorous, manganese, and iron. But as it is not native to India, I use it very sparingly in my kitchen. You can use any kind of millets to make this recipe. Sama or little millet suits best for this I guess, will try it and update this post.
You can also use leftover cooked quinoa or cooked millet to make this recipe. Please check this post on how to cook fluffy millet. Quinoa can also be cooked using the same procedure except that quinoa doesn't need any soaking.
Another pudding recipe with black rice is here. And other sweet recipes on this blog are here.
One can easily make coconut milk at home in just 10 minutes. Please find its recipe here.
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Quinoa pudding with strawberries:
Quinoa strawberry kheer
Ingredients
- ½ cup Quinoa
- 2 cups Coconut milk
- 1 cup Water
- 6 Strawberries
- ⅓ cup Raw cane sugar
- Pinch of cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp Mixed dry fruits powder
Instructions
- Wash ½ cup quinoa twice and drain water completely.
- Add 1 cup water and cook the quinoa for 10 minutes on low flame with closed lid.
- After 10 minutes, quinoa will be almost cooked and all water will be absorbed by the quinoa.
- Now add 1.5 cups of coconut milk and cook it for 10 more minutes. By now, kheer will be creamy and quinoa is completely cooked.
- Add ⅓ cup sugar and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Switch off the flame and add a pinch of cardamom powder. Mix the kheer well.
- Let it cool for sometime and add chopped strawberries and dry fruits powder. I have added half more cup of coconut milk to adjust the consistency.
- Serve it hot or cold!
Quinoa kheer with fresh strawberries recipe:
- Wash ½ cup quinoa twice and drain the water completely.
- Add 1 cup water and cook the quinoa for 10 minutes on low flame with a closed lid.
- Now add 1.5 cups of coconut milk and cook it for 10 more minutes. By now, kheer will be creamy.
- Add ⅓ cup sugar and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Switch off the flame and add a pinch of cardamom powder. Mix the kheer well.
- Let it cool for some time and add chopped strawberries and dry fruits powder. I have added half more cups of coconut milk to adjust the consistency.
- Serve it hot or cold!
Rajlakshmi
This could be a perfect breakfast... Will try it this weekend. Looks so delicious 😀
Sravanthi
Thank you so much Rajlakshmi. Yes, it will be a good breakfast item and can be carried easily to the office. Please do try it and share your valuable feedback:)
Nanditha
Yummm. Looks and sounds delicious 😍
Sravanthi
Thank you Nanditha 🙂
Rachel
I love this pudding recipe! It has few ingredients which means that i won't run around a lot. And It's also easy to think that quinoa is a boring food to eat. I have been experimenting cooking quinoa in a rice cooker lately and this quinoa pudding recipe makes it perfect for my quinoa leftover.
Thanks again for a great recipe!
Sravanthi
Thank you so much Rachel 😀 Leftover quinoa works very well for this recipe and you can make it in less time.. please let me know how it turned out for you.. Thank you for stopping by!