Lunch Ideas
Chole Quinoa Bowl
Homestyle chole over fluffy quinoa with onion, lemon, and coriander. The office-lunch bowl that holds you till evening at 21 g of protein.
530
kcal
21g
protein
85g
carbs
12g
fat
Per serving · makes 1 · 25 minutes
Ingredients
- •1 cup cooked chole (chickpea curry, homestyle, light on oil)
- •60 g raw quinoa (about 180 g cooked)
- •1 small onion, chopped; 1 small tomato, chopped
- •Juice of 1/2 lemon, fresh coriander
- •1 green chilli, chopped (optional)
Method
- 1.Cook the quinoa like rice: rinse, 1 part quinoa to 2 parts water, 15 minutes covered.
- 2.Warm the chole. If it is restaurant-oily, skim the top layer off.
- 3.Bowl it: quinoa base, chole on top, raw onion, tomato, lemon, and coriander over everything.
Coach’s note
Quinoa is not compulsory; the same bowl on rice works. Quinoa just adds about 4 g of protein and keeps you full noticeably longer.
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