Name: Quinoa Avocado Pita
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 2 cups Flour; 3/4 cup Quinoa; 1 piece Avocado; 1/2 lemon; 12 pieces Cauliflower; 5g Cherry radish; 1 teaspoon yeast; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2/3 cup water; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon Sugar; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon chili sauce

Quinoa Avocado Pita

by cookingsweetie

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

Serving

In fact, PITA cake is a soft, slightly fermented big cake. It is used more in Mediterranean, Balkan and Middle Eastern dishes. It's a bit similar to the Jiamo in Beijing, China, but it's bigger and thinner than the Jiamo. This kind of staple food can be found in Israel's bakeries, food stores or supermarkets.
Let's talk about quinoa. The reason why quinoa is very popular abroad is that it was used by NASA as space food for astronauts in 1980. It can be seen that it is super rich and has comprehensive nutritional value. Quinoa is an easy-cooked and digestible food with a unique taste. It has a light nutty fragrance or ginseng fragrance. It has balanced nutrition, enhances body functions, repairs physique, regulates immunity and endocrine, improves body stress, prevents disease, and fights cancer. Weight loss, auxiliary treatment and other effects, suitable for consumption by all groups.
It should be noted that due to excessive processing, the precious nutrients of quinoa will be lost. In order to preserve more nutrients, the finished quinoa should minimize the processing steps. Quinoa is easy to cook and tastes good, and it can be paired with any ingredients.

Quinoa Avocado Pita

1. In a bowl, add all-purpose flour, water, yeast powder, olive oil, 1 teaspoon of salt and sugar, mix evenly, knead the dough until smooth, and let it rest for 30 minutes

2. Pour the quinoa into a small pot, add 100 ml of water and a pinch of salt. Let the quinoa soak in the water for a few minutes, then change to a low heat and simmer on high heat. After about 15 minutes, until all the water has evaporated and the quinoa is cooked and reserved

3. Pour the cauliflower or asparagus with olive oil, salt and pepper, and put it in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius. After about 12 minutes, wait until the cauliflower or asparagus becomes soft

4. Prepare a small bowl, peel the avocado and stir it into a puree, add lemon juice and pepper and stir evenly, the avocado puree is complete

5. Divide the fermented dough into 8 portions and roll each portion into a flat circle

6. Pour a little olive oil into the hot pan and fry for about 30 seconds on each side

7. All the ingredients are ready, spread quinoa, cauliflower, avocado puree, radish slices and Tabasco chili sauce on the cake.

Tips:
I chose cauliflower because the asparagus was sold out in the supermarket the day before. In fact, cauliflower is also very good, but it is not easy to taste in the oven. It is recommended that you should choose asparagus.