Ingredients

• Quinoa seeds – 1 cup
• Water – 2 cups
• Salt – a pinch (optional)
• Milk – 3/4 litre
• Sugar – 1.5 cups (adjust accordingly to the sweetness)
• Nuts – few cashews, almonds, pista
• Raisins – few
• Few strands of saffron
• Ghee for frying the nuts – 1 tsp

Method

• Wash and cook quinoa with 2 cups of water and salt in the pressure cooker for 3 whistles.

• In a small pan, add ghee and fry the nuts and raisins and keep aside.
• In a wide pan, add the milk and saffron and allow the milk to boil.

• Now add in the cooked quinoa and sugar and let it cook for 5 minutes.

• Add the fried nuts and raisins, give a stir.
• Healthy and delicious quinoa payasam is ready to be served. 

Note: 
Quinoa can be cooked without the pressure cooker also, but takes more than 10 min.
Salt is optional. We used to add a pinch of salt as we feel it enhances the taste.

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