Ingredients: 1/2 Quinoa,1 Ripe Banana (approx. 1/4 cup pulp),1 cup All Purpose Flour,1/2 cup Sugar,1/4 cup Chopped Almonds,3/4 tsp Baking Powder,1/2 cup Milk, boiled and cooled,1 tsp Vanilla Essence,1/2 tsp Salt,1/4 tsp Baking Soda
Instructions:
- Rinse and cook the quinoa with one cup of water until soft. Do not overcook the quinoa. It should not be mushy.
- Let it cool completely.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree C.
- Line a muffin pan or muffin cups with paper liners and set aside.
- Whisk the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar to ensure even mixing.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the mashed banana, oil, vanilla essence and milk and mix until well combined.
- Add flour mixture and cooked quinoa to the milk mixture and mix until just combine. Do not overmix the batter.
- Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full with batter and top with some almond slices.
- Immediately place them in the preheated oven and bake for 35 – 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center of a muffin comes out clean.
- Cool muffins in pan for few minutes and transfer to a wire rack. let them cool completely.
- Serve as breakfast, snack or dessert.
