Quinoa Upma | SheerLuxe

Ingredients

• 340g/2 cups of quinoa, try using mixed varieties of red and white for colour
• 1 whole dried red chilli
• 1tbsp of good-quality oil for frying, such as avocado oil or culinary/unflavoured coconut oil
• 20 fresh or dried curry leaves
• 1tsp of mustard seeds
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 1cm thumb of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped (about 2 tsp), or use 1 heaped tsp ginger paste
• 1/4 teaspoon of chilli/chili powder
• 1 green chilli, thinly sliced
• 1/2 tsp of date syrup, or use pure maple syrup or unrefined coconut sugar
• 1/2 a lemon, freshly squeezed juice
• 1/2-1tsp of salt, to taste
• 8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
• handful of freshly torn basil (Thai is preferable, but Italian or Greek basil, or fresh coriander/cilantro, also work well)