RECIPE: Quinoa Soup

Winter weather is the perfect excuse to boil up a pot of delicious soup to warm up. This recipe, a known staple of many in the highlands of Peru, will do just the trick!

Ingredients:
* 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil
* 2oz Quinoa (or couscous if your local grocer doesn't carry this rice-like grain)
* 1 Carrot, diced
* 1 Stick Celery, diced
* 2 tbsp finely chopped Onions
* 1/2 Green Capsicum (sweet pepper) diced
* 2 Garlic Cloves, crushed
* 960ml Water
* 2 Large Tomatoes, finely chopped
* 2oz Green Cabbage, chopped
* Salt and Pepper
* Freshly chopped Parsley

What to do:

1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the quinoa, carrot, celery, onion, pepper and garlic and fry, stirring, until browned.

2. Add the water, cabbage and tomatoes, mix well and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

3. Season with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley. Serve hot.

Thanks to Peru Travel for the recipe!

Sergio del Limonar